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Blogs

Stop Chasing 100% Test Coverage: Why DevOps Teams Need to Test Smarter, Not More

Every software team eventually runs into the same question: How much testing is enough? For years, the default answer has been “more.” More automated tests. More regression suites. More environments. More devices. But as applicati…

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Jul29

Video Interviews

AI Code Generation Raises New Quality Risks

Mladen Lazic, CTO of Scopic, joins Mike Vizard to explain why AI-generated code is outpacing review capacity — and why independent QA agents that never see the source code are beco…

3 min

Mar05

Blogs

Survey Sees DevOps Workflows Evolving in the Age of AI

A global survey of 820 IT decision makers and DevOps practitioners finds that half of respondents (53%) report that developers in the age of artificial intelligence (AI) are now au…

3 min

Jan22

Video Interviews

AI Is Forcing a Rethink of Software Testing and QA

SmartBear vice president of AI and architecture Fitz Nowlan explains why maintaining software integrity in the age of artificial intelligence requires organizations to double down…

3 min

Sep16

Blogs

Why Automation Fails Without the Right QA Mindset

In the DevOps world, with its faster release cycles and continuous delivery, quality assurance (QA) cannot be sidelined until the end of the process. Companies that actively use au…

3 min

Apr25

Copado Applies Generative AI to Salesforce Application Testing

Copado’s genAI tool automates testing in Salesforce software-as-a-service (SaaS) application environments.

3 min

Feb22

Application Performance Management/Monitoring

What Does Build Quality Look Like in Software Design?

By leveraging modern build health tools, DevOps teams can more effectively monitor a project’s overall quality and performance.

3 min

Feb13

Application Performance Management/Monitoring

Improve Efficiency With Smaller Code Reviews

Breaking down code reviews into more manageable portions can yield great benefits including efficiency, security and accuracy.

3 min

Jan31

How to Make the Most of In-House Software Development

The more you can upskill and empower existing in-house development efforts, the more value you will bring to the business.

3 min

Jan17

Swimm Adds Generative AI Chat Tool for Documentation

Swimm added a chat tool that enables developers to use natural language to surface insights into code.

3 min

Dec08

Application Performance Management/Monitoring

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.

3 min

Dec05

Survey Surfaces Increasing Reliance on AI to Develop Software

AI is already being used in code writing, code review, quality assurance/testing, debugging and design and architecture, according to a recent survey.

3 min

Nov14

Application Performance Management/Monitoring

Leveraging Crowdtesting in DevOps to Enhance Quality Assurance (QA)

There are still challenges for QA teams within DevOps, including the need to “shift left.” Crowdtesting can help.

3 min

May03

Application Performance Management/Monitoring

mabl Adds Load Testing Tool to Test Automation Suite

mabl today added a load testing capability to its portfolio of application testing tools that it makes available via a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. That capability promis…

3 min

Apr13

Harnessing the Power of AI Chatbots for Continuous Testing

Artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing the way we develop and test software, especially with the advent of AI chatbots. These intelligent agents have the potential to stre…

3 min

Mar20

Best Practices

5 Unusual Ways to Improve Code Quality

Code quality refers to how well-written and maintainable software code is. It encompasses factors such as readability, efficiency, scalability, reliability, maintainability and sec…

3 min

Mar20

Blogs

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, c…

3 min

Mar10

Blogs

Tools and Strategies to Drive a Developer Culture of Collaboration

Agile methodologies such as DevSecOps have instilled collaborative habits in many development teams. But developers still struggle to work effectively with other stakeholders in th…

3 min

Jan30

Let the Machines Do It: AI-Directed Mobile App Testing

AI has been in the news a lot lately. We’ve all heard a lot about ChatGPT and you’ve no doubt encountered the end result of a variety of other advances in AI technology of late, su…

3 min

Dec07

Application Performance Management/Monitoring

Report: Impact of Bad Software on US Economy Reaches $2.41 Trillion

A report published this week by Synopsys in collaboration with the Consortium for Information & Software Quality (CISQ) estimated that software quality issues might adversely impac…

3 min

Jun27

Business of DevOps

Creating Career Opportunities in Quality Engineering

Software testing is the thread that connects code to customers, ensuring that the code created by development teams works for users and supports customer loyalty. But as the demand…

3 min

Jun27

Blogs

What Is User Acceptance Testing and Why Is it so Important?

Anyone involved in software development knows how important it is to ensure a positive end-user experience. One way to do that is through the use of user acceptance testing (UAT).…

3 min

Mar02

DevOps Practice

Where Has All the Testing Gone?

Testing has long been a problem child of IT in general, AppDev in particular, and now it is DevOps’ problem. There are things that DevOps can do to improve the chances of tests act…

3 min

Jul21

Blogs

Swinging the Pendulum of IT Back to QA

I was reading Nuria Manuel’s excellent article about quality assurance (QA), and it got me thinking about the wide variety of ‘pendulums’ that impact IT. I call them pendulums beca…

3 min