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Browserify vs Webpack The best way to organize and assemble multiple JavaScript code files into one file is to use module bundlers (Browserify or Webpack). When working with libraries that have numerous dependencies or when your project grows too big for a single file, you can utilize a JavaScript bundler. |
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Who Should Set Up Continuous Integration for Automated Tests? If you want to trigger long-running, end-to-end automated tests, you must integrate the test execution system with the continuous integration system. But this job falls in a fuzzy area that meets at the nexus of feature development, test automation development, quality assurance, and build and release engineering. Here's how to decide who should be responsible for the setup. |
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Why You Need to Be Doing Continuous Integration It’s usually easy and inexpensive to set up a continuous integration environment for either an agile or a waterfall project. Perhaps the most obvious benefit of CI is the elimination of the integration phase that existed in traditional waterfall projects, where we typically slip the worst on deadlines. But there are many other benefits to continuous integration that you may not have considered. |
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Convention over Configuration: Replace Scripting with New Build Names Bernie Zelitch writes that his company’s build system scales well because early on, they scrutinized their build naming convention, saw its implications to the build ecosystem, and made radical changes. Their new naming convention takes some getting used to, but once it was fully adopted, it improved economy, flexibility, and functionality. |
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DevOps and the Culture of Code Migrating an organization to continuous integration requires adoption new processes, tools, and automation. DevOps relies on dramatic culture change to encourage total transparency and collaboration among all project stakeholders. |
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The Impact of Quality Intelligence on DevOps and the IoT QI is gaining momentum for providing fast and accurate test data to make better decisions. Just running your app through test suites isn’t enough for DevOps and the IoT. |
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Test Automation: Now We Have to Get It Right Never afraid to voice his opinion, Paul Gerrard suggests that in digital transformation projects, test automation may be the biggest challenge to success. He argues we have to get automation right this time and to do this, a new way of thinking about testing may be required. |
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Moving Teams toward Automation: Perils, Pitfalls, and Promise There is no magic bullet to create an effective test automation environment. But Steve Gibson believes that creating a test automation vision, adopting metrics, and delivering value throughout a project lifecycle puts an organization on the right path. |
Interviews
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Containers, Docker, and Kubernetes 101: A Conversation with Ryan Kenney
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Ryan Kenney, senior consultant at Coveros, chats with TechWell community manager Owen Gotimer about the difference between containers, container engines, and container orchestration; using containers in your CI/CD pipelines; and the cost of security. |
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Getting Restarted in Test Automation: A Conversation with Chris Loder
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Chris Loder, automation architect at InGenius, talks about being a self-taught automation developer, why learning new skills is so important, and the synergy between manual testers, automation testers, and developers. |
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Keyword-Driven Test Automation: An Interview with Hans Buwalda
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Hans Buwalda's experience covers being a developer, manager, and principal consultant for companies and organizations worldwide. In this interview, Hans talks about using keywords effectively, tests that have too many details, and the changing testing industry. |
Conference Presentations
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Document Generation for Regulated Industries
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One of the lines in the Agile Manifesto is "Working software over comprehensive documentation." This doesn't mean that no documentation is produced, but instead that only documentation that brings value to the team and the customer should be created. |
Jonathan Miller Kauffman
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Destroying the Horcruxes of Full-Stack Automation
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Iryna Suprun will detail all seven Horcruxes and show you how to win the battle by building a robust, highly adopted automation solution. |
Iryna Suprun
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Build the Right Product Right: Transitioning Test from Critiquing to Defining
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Do you find yourself with limited influence over what gets shipped on products you test? Is your report card on product quality often ignored? Do you think you can contribute more? Join Gerard Meszaros as he describes ways to transition from approaching quality with brute force testing to... |
Gerard Meszaros, FeedXL.com
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