Software Quality Assurance Testing Guide Tips And Practices

Devops Test Automation The fast-moving digital landscape of today hinges on moving ‘value to production’ quickly along with the assurance of quality. In other words, enterprises should fast forward their value chain consisting of processes such as build, test, and deploy in an effective manner. This has become important due to the changing customer preferences for better quality products or services. And unless enterprises are in alignment with the changing market dynamics, their products or services may face obsolescence in no time. Moreover, since customer experience has become the prime differentiator for the acceptance of a product or service in the market, quality testing has acquired a critical dimension in the overall scheme of things. This has led to the evolution of DevOps as a methodology that encompasses the adoption of new technologies, tools, practices, and philosophies. DevOps calls for creating a seamless culture of collaboration between the two principal d...

Continuous Testing The rapid technological developments in this digital era have led to a situation where a product’s capability is not the sole factor to win in the competitive market. In addition to meeting the pressing need or to outstrip competitive offerings, a product also must consider the pace of marketing and user’s experience. In these circumstances, the only choice left with software developers is to bring out apps that meet every requirement of customers, are updated regularly, and delivered on time, all the while making sure to provide a seamless user experience. There is just no room for error, leading to more and more developers opting for continuous testing. There is a sea change occurring in the manner of software testing. Traditionally, it was performed after completion of the development cycle, causing production delays if any issues came up or bugs found. Now continuous testing is the norm right from the beginning of the software development life-cycle,...

Continuous Testing     If a software is what drives our interconnected world, then API, or the Application Programming Interface, is the glue that makes it happen. It helps the software to connect across websites, devices, databases, systems, networks, and frameworks - not to speak of the other APIs. APIs help to keep things orderly, segmented, and integrated into the fast changing digital world. For companies that are increasingly embracing Agile and DevOps models of development, testing and delivery of products/services, APIs play an important role. To put it succinctly an API is a set of tools, standards, protocols, and codes that enable the functioning of a software to its optimal level. Such is the criticality of APIs in the seamless functioning of a software system that continuous testing of the same should be pursued as a part of Agile or DevOps. The complexity and daunting nature of testing an API have meant it is not always executed rigorously. This is p...