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Don't rely on end-to-end tests: design for failure instead.

DZone

We typically understand software testing by the everyday definition of the word: making sure a piece of software performs the way it is supposed to in a production-like environment. For a complex distributed application with several external dependencies there is nothing that can beat a full end-to-end test.

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What are quality gates? How to use quality gates to deliver better software at speed and scale

Dynatrace

Benefits of quality gates Quality gates provide several advantages to organizations, including the following: Optimized software performance : Quality gates assess code at different SDLC stages and ensure that only high-quality code progresses. Vulnerability score: The highest vulnerability risk score for a process group.

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Automate CI/CD pipelines with Dynatrace: Part 2, Deploy stage

Dynatrace

This step is crucial as this environment is used for the final validation and testing phase before the code is released into production. Furthermore, augmenting test coverage to mirror the scenarios encountered in production is imperative. This stage ensures the code meets the required quality standards before it goes live.

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What is chaos engineering?

Dynatrace

Testing for mishaps you can predict is essential. Chaos engineering is a method of testing distributed software that deliberately introduces failure and faulty scenarios to verify its resilience in the face of random disruptions. Practitioners subject software to a controlled, simulated crisis to test for unstable behavior.

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8 Functional Testing Types Explained With Detail

Enprowess

8 Functional Testing types. Quick Summary: In the most straightforward and simple words, functional testing tests various aspects of an application, website, or system to guarantee that it is correctly doing what it should be. The tests also discover a more modular architecture with subsystems that have clear responsibilities.

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Reinventing Performance Testing: Agile

Alex Podelko

I am looking forward to share my thoughts on ‘Reinventing Performance Testing’ at the imPACt performance and capacity conference by CMG held on November 7-10, 2016 in La Jolla, CA. While it was always recommended to start performance testing earlier, it was usually rather few activities you can do before the system is ready.

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Common SLO pitfalls and how to avoid them

Dynatrace

This demand creates an increasing need for DevOps teams to maintain the performance and reliability of critical business applications. A broken SLO with no owner can take longer to remediate and is more likely to recur compared to an SLO with an owner and a well-defined remediation process. But there are SLO pitfalls.

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