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Simple Code: Immutability

DZone

If you're familiar with functional programming you surely recognize the concept of immutability because it's a key ingredient of the paradigm. In the world of object-oriented programming, it's not as used and as easy to use approach but there are ways to incorporate immutability to parts of the code and I strongly suggest you do so too.

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Complete Automation Testing — Is It Feasible?

DZone

It is a fact that software testing is time and resources consuming. Testing the software can be observed from different perspectives. It can be divided based on what we are testing. For example, each deliverable in the project, like the requirements, design, code, documents, user interface, etc., should be tested.

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What is infrastructure as code? Discover the basics, benefits, and best practices

Dynatrace

The IT world is rife with jargon — and “as code” is no exception. “As code” means simplifying complex and time-consuming tasks by automating some, or all, of their processes. Today, the composable nature of code enables skilled IT teams to create and customize automated solutions capable of improving efficiency.

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Introducing SafeTest: A Novel Approach to Front End Testing

The Netflix TechBlog

by Moshe Kolodny In this post, we’re excited to introduce SafeTest, a revolutionary library that offers a fresh perspective on End-To-End (E2E) tests for web-based User Interface (UI) applications. Inability to test CORS setup or GraphQL calls. Complex and unintuitive authoring and debugging of tests.

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‘Security as code’ demands proactive DevSecOps

Dynatrace

The most forward-thinking teams want to take a “shift-left” approach to their security practices, engaging security practices and testing as early as possible in the software development life cycle. Willie Hicks discussed how Dynatrace Application Security helps organizations adopt a security-as-code approach.

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The Quality of Auto-Generated Code

O'Reilly

Kevlin Henney and I were riffing on some ideas about GitHub Copilot , the tool for automatically generating code base on GPT-3’s language model, trained on the body of code that’s in GitHub. First, we wondered about code quality. We know how to test whether or not code is correct (at least up to a certain limit).

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5 Types of Tests To Perform On Your APIs

DZone

API Test is crucial for the software systems to function at high quality. Every app you build nowadays completely relies on Application Programming Interfaces. Application Programming Interface acts as the center level between the database and presentation layer in the software development procedure. What is API Test?

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