Sauce Labs Adds Visual Testing Tool to Platform
Sauce Labs has added native visual regression testing capabilities to its testing platform to enable DevOps teams to streamline workflows.
2024: The Year of Testing
Now that AI has made advanced automation a fact, it is time to consider implementing the level of testing we always knew we should have.
FAQs for Software Testing: All the Background You Need
Here are some top best practices to keep in mind as you build out a software testing practice at your organization.
Survey Sees Spike in Untested Code Leading to a DevOps Crisis
A Sauce Labs survey found many developers admitted they pushed code into a production environment without testing.
Steady On. We Still Have a Job to Do
AI-generated change is not significantly different than the last couple decades where change has become IT’s constant companion.
New Relic Adds App Security Testing Tool to Observability Platform
New Relic made available a public preview of an application security testing tool that will be integrated into its observability platform.
How TestOps Enhances DevOps and Software Development
By properly setting up TestOps, companies can make their DevOps processes more efficient, transparent and bug-free.
Tabnine Unveils Beta of Generative AI Automated Testing Tool
Tabnine this week made available in beta a tool that enables developers to use natural language to interact with the artificial intelligence (AI) models embedded within its test automation platform. Brandon Jung, vice president of ecosystems for Tabnine, said Tabnine Chat extends generative AI capabilities the company developed to make it simpler for developers to […]
The API Life Cycle Mixer’s Manual: What Goes Into a Single Source of Truth?
In bartending, the mixer’s manual is a trusted source of information. These books can contain hundreds of recipes for classic cocktails, some of which might be 100 years old, while others might be for drinks that only recently arrived on the scene. Mixer’s manuals also can be great sources of inspiration for new, yet-to-be-tested recipes […]
SapientAI Emerges From Stealth to Apply AI to App Testing
SapientAI emerged from stealth today to automate the writing of test code using a combination of generative artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning algorithms and data science. Fresh from raising $5 million in seed funding, SapientAI CEO Rishi Singh said the goal is to leverage AI to push application testing further left using an AI Test […]
Why Monitoring-as-Code Will be a Must for DevOps Teams
Over the last decade, we’ve seen an increasing number of operations teams and development teams using an infrastructure-as-code (IaC) process for provisioning cloud-based infrastructure. In that model, IaC tools like CDK, Pulumi or Terraform are employed to allow developers to code, deploy and manage cloud-based infrastructure. The advent of cloud services and IaC tools has […]
Bug Bounty Vs. Crowdtesting Programs
Digital quality and excellent user experiences are more important today than ever. When a digital experience doesn’t work as expected or is rife with friction points or glitches, customers are quick to give up and move on to a better, easier solution. Bugs and defects often come with high stakes and can result in loss […]
Tabnine Extends Generative AI Platform Reach to Testing
Tabnine today announced it extended its generative artificial intelligence (AI) platform that enables developers to write code faster to now include the ability to automatically generate tests for that code. Available in beta, this capability promises to make it easier for developers to test code at the time it is being developed. That approach should […]
5 Unique Challenges of Mobile App Testing
At first glance, testing a mobile app may not seem to be very different from testing a conventional desktop app. Mobile and desktop apps are often written in the same languages and hosted on the same servers. They must also meet the same basic user expectations in areas like loading speed and accessibility. But when […]
Shift Left Testing in Microservices Environments
By now, it’s common knowledge that the later a bug is detected in the software development life cycle (SDLC), the longer it takes and the more expensive it is to fix that bug. In 2017, the Ponemon Institute found that it cost around $80 on average to fix a defect detected early in the SDLC […]
Faster and Better Testing?
The whole concept of Agile and DevOps was to iterate development faster and deliver results in a more timely manner. As we learned more about both methodologies, processes and policies were put into place that improved the quality of what was created. Early ideas of quality like, “We can just do another iteration,” still exist, […]
4 Best Practices for Entertainment App Testing
Entertainment apps represent a broad category of software, ranging from mobile games, to social media platforms, to streaming video apps and beyond. However, all entertainment apps share a few key traits in common: They typically host dynamic content that is unique for each user. This makes entertainment apps different from apps where most or all […]
Software Quality is the Heartbeat of the Best Organizations
JPMorgan recently announced it was hiring 2,000 engineers, despite the gloom in global economic markets. Is this not an odd risk for an organization to take, given the demand for (and cost of) software developers today? What’s happened? JPMorgan’s hiring drive is no mystery. Virtually every company in the world is leveraging software, with many […]
Finding Value in AI-Augmented DevOps
While artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are emerging technologies, we know they can help an organization parse large data sets and glean actionable insights. But do AI-infused processes actually make a difference in organizations that employ DevOps? The answer is explored in a recent survey by Tricentis. Working in partnership with Techstrong Group, […]
Playwright: A Modern, Open Source Approach to End-To-End Testing
I was excited when I started writing my first end-to-end tests years ago. The idea was promising; create an automated test suite that spins up a browser and mimics your user’s behavior. Test your website end-to-end. Frontend, backend, your database—you name it. All these automated tests would cover everything! Unfortunately, it wasn’t all roses and […]
Plutora Releases Test Environment QuickStart Bundle – Techstrong TV
Bob talks about Plutora’s new “Test Environment QuickStart Bundle”. It provides an easy, immediate fix to the Achilles’ heel of software development: environments that cause delays, produce bugs, and waste time and effort. The video is below followed by a transcript of the conversation. Alan Shimel: Hey, everyone. Welcome to another Tech Strong TV segment. […]
Techstrong TV: Scratching the Surface of Testing Through AI
Mark, Torsten and Alan discuss the findings of the “Disrupting the Economics of Software Testing Through AI” report. The report identifies critical factors that hinder software engineering and DevOps teams including the escalating costs of quality control, and growing complexity associated with the increasing release velocity, number of smart devices, operating systems, and programming languages. […]
How Automated Testing Closes the Development and Delivery Gap
For the past two years, companies have leaned into digital transformation projects to keep their digital offerings at pace with their in-person operations. Rather than become a stopgap, this digital approach became the new standard for the modern employee and customer experience. It also creates friction between a company’s development team and its user base. […]