Applause has released The State of Digital Quality Report ... This year's report examined more than 200,000 defects in digital experiences across enterprise software, digital banking, streaming media services, wearable devices, online retail, voice-activated devices and more. Here's what the 2024 report revealed ...
Testing
October 29, 2024
Part 2 of this series covers more processes that can be supported or improved by AI, including security, testing, deployment, documentation and more ...
September 03, 2024
If you listen to thought leaders, QA is in its death throes. It's useless, it's expensive, and besides, we have machines to do that now. In my own experience, I've been working in organizations without dedicated QA teams for several years ... The transformation I'm talking about is where quality assurance has moved from a separate, final stage of development to one at the core of software creation, where every developer is expected to tear down their own code to build a better product. And if you're not on board with this shift yet, I have bad news for you ...
August 27, 2024
Cyberattacks are becoming much more sophisticated and frequent, leaving organizations constantly pressured to prioritize security at every stage of software development ... To counter these threats, one solution is for DevSecOps to embrace "shift-left" testing — a practice that involves moving testing earlier in the software development lifecycle ...
June 13, 2024
Software solution providers need to be more accurate and dedicated in their quality assurance of products and deliver that quality at speed. An amazing way to improve quality testing is to fail fast. Testing shouldn't ever take place in a silo ...
April 10, 2024
Since the inception of DevOps practices, technology providers in this field have generally focused on a single aspect of the Software Development Lifecycle. Some expanded their product lines with additional discreet offerings, but for the most part, a vendor provided either Planning, Orchestration, or Testing. They didn't combine the three in a single platform ...
March 07, 2024
Sometimes, the most effective method of protection is to put yourself in the attacker's shoes so you can stay one step ahead of their next move. The same is true for penetration testing — If you can't beat 'em, join 'em ...
February 27, 2024
Software development is on the rise, and so are the expectations around its quality. When it comes to ensuring quality, there are various quality assurance (QA) techniques. As a tester, you can leverage different QA strategies, such as prioritizing and optimizing QA processes through CI/CD adoption, test orchestration, AI-based tooling, and more ...
January 16, 2024
If the use of AI is consigned to code generation, organizations may miss some of the most transformative opportunities for AI in software development. Let's walk through three ways to use AI in your DevSecOps workflows for faster cycle times and accelerated value stream delivery: predictive analytics, code testing and review, and security vulnerability detection ...
December 07, 2023
Part 4 covers testing: The rapid advancement of GenAI will disrupt the testing landscape, enabling teams to significantly expand their testing capabilities with minimal additional resources. It will be used to facilitate automatic test creation and maintenance, address often overlooked edge cases, and rapidly generate insights to aid teams in critical decision-making processes ...
November 16, 2023
Companies have touted AI's ability to make employees more productive and efficient, personalize services and experiences, and improve quality while decreasing human error. And today, many organizations also realize the competitive advantage of utilizing AI in workflows, especially in web and mobile application performance testing ...
October 03, 2023
Despite the push for digital transformation, a recent study found that many are experiencing challenges maintaining quality when building, deploying, and operating their applications, with testing reported as the primary bottleneck to delivering apps ...
August 15, 2023
For the last decade, the concept of shifting security left has surged exponentially among practitioners, as the results of this approach are astounding. The ability to deliver secure code faster, reduce vulnerabilities in production, and drive efficiencies across application security and development teams are a clear win for any organization, right? ...
June 06, 2023
A build that used to take 10 minutes to finish, once you add automated tests into the picture, suddenly takes 45 minutes. And if failed tests are set to "retry" — that 45-min build can easily double in time! So enters AI to save the day ...
June 01, 2023
In 1975, computer scientist Fred Brooks observed that during software project management, adding more developers to a project that's already behind schedule just adds to delays. This became known as Brooks' law. However, it's not people power that causes delays — delaying testing increases the chance of bugs and suboptimal code quality. Therefore, one solution must be pushing testing forward. This blog offers advice on implementing a shift left approach, and the benefits of doing so ...
May 24, 2023
Truly Shifting Left means embracing a clean-as-you-go approach to software development. It means exactly what you'd think — it enables developers to identify and fix errors in real-time as they create code. When developers are able to clean-as-they-code, they move the security process as early into the software development life cycle (SDLC) as possible — when the code is first being written. You can't shift further left than that ...
May 15, 2023
The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform the technological landscape. Its application in several facets of software development continues to grow. One of the areas of software development where the adoption of AI can advance is software testing ...
May 09, 2023
When developing software, you want the application to be as ready as possible before exposing it to the real world. In production, the software needs to be able to deal with many different scenarios, which we can prepare for using a virtual test environment that mimics the actual system ...
May 08, 2023
Service virtualization (SV) is a method that DevOps teams use to simulate components of an app's behavior. Components are APIs, databases, networks, devices, and more ... Using SV saves time, money, headache, and frustration ...
April 18, 2023
To understand the ever-changing testing landscape, we surveyed hundreds of DevOps professionals for our fourth annual 2023 State of Test Automation report. This year's report sought to uncover the top testing trends, developer challenges, and priorities for the future. Here are the top four insights and takeaways ...
April 05, 2023
"Shift left" is a worthwhile concept. It has encouraged organizations to think more proactively about software development. But, in practice, it has a few bugs of its own that still have to be worked out ...
April 04, 2023
When we consider that more than a quarter of a million tech workers have been laid off worldwide since January 2022, it's apparent that there will be a major evolution in how tech teams operate within companies. Nowhere is this more apparent than in testing ...
March 07, 2023
Security testing can't survive using manual assessments only. Why? Because it's too slow and unproductive. The introduction and wide adoption of DevOps allows for faster build times by using security tools to conduct assessments. The days of traditional testing are gone, and here's why ...
March 06, 2023
Developers are often forced to compromise security to improve delivery times ... With the increasing threat of cyber attacks, developers need to take the necessary steps to protect applications and find a middle ground between security and delivery time ...
January 24, 2023
When it comes to mobile software testing, expanding device coverage by running software tests on as many devices as possible is important in virtually every context. The more devices you test your software on, the higher the degree of confidence you can have that your software will work as required for all of your users ... Smart hospitality businesses recognize that they can't test on every device, so they need to be strategic about where they do run tests in order to make the most of the tests they execute. There are three main ways they can go about this ...
