Tag: Continuous Test
The Right Toolchain Is the One You Build
Don Macvittie | | application deployment, application release automation, automated cloud deployment, Continuous Test, devops toolchainOne of several iterations that IT likes to go through is corporate standards for technology versus best tool for the job. We like to have standardization because it allows staffing portability between ...
Choose Your Toolstack — and Manage It — Wisely
Don Macvittie | | application configuration, application release automation, continuous delivery, Continuous Test, enterprise service busEvery DevOps toolstack has a control point, be it a bus, an app, a management app or whatever. Something always is in control and driving the other pieces of the architecture to ...
Continuous Testing and Business Assurance
As development moves ever faster, continuous testing can help further reduce the risk of introducing errors In IT circles, “risk management” implies information security. But in the business as a whole, risk ...
Automic Chart Maps Out Its DevOps Ecosystem
Don Macvittie | | Automic, continuous delivery, Continuous Test, DevOps ecosystem, devops tools, XebiaLabsEveryone who follows me knows that I’m a fan of XebiaLabs’ Periodic Table of DevOps Tools. It was the first attempt I am aware of to arrange things in a way that ...
Don’t Underestimate the Work
Don Macvittie | | application configuration, application release automation, application release management, ara, ARM, CD, ci, continuous delivery, Continuous Test, infrastructure as code, server provisioningIt is relatively common in human endeavor to attempt to figure out how much work will be involved in a project, and be wrong. The more complex the work being done and ...
Automated Testing: Remember Security
Between continuous integration (CI) and release automation (RA), we’ve come a long way in making testing both integral and automated. This testing has allowed QA staff and developers to spend more time ...