Topic: test
Ensure security and quality at speed
Today’s companies must become software companies to keep pace with competitive pressures and customer demands. As organizations become increasingly software-enabled, their footprints are extending out to cloud environments and the Internet of Things (IoT), increasing application complexity and the associated risks. With Synopsys, software teams can avoid the usual trade-offs between faster time-to-market imperatives, security … continue reading
SEI CERT releases open-source Source Code Analysis Laboratory for pinpointing vulnerabilities
The Software Engineering Institute’s (SEI) CERT Division at Carnegie Mellon University released an open-source static analysis aggregator/correlator this week. Source Code Analysis application (SCALe) is designed to find vulnerabilities in application source code via multiple, independent static analysis tools. Compatible with any source code language, this public release of SCALe provides alerts based on two … continue reading
DATPROF and Parasoft unite software test automation, service virtualization, and test data management to reduce environment wait times by over 200%
Parasoft, the leader in automated software testing, announced today a new partnership with DATPROF, who specialize in test data subsetting and masking. Today’s agile organizations face challenges with access to their complex environments and management of meaningful test data. Combining Parasoft and DATPROF gives users full control of their test environments, test data, and test automation … continue reading
The 2018 SD Times 100
A celebration… of the best of the best in the software industry.The companies listed here are challenging the accepted methods of creating software with visionary ideas, creative solutions and best-of-breed tools that come raining down to us, like candy from a cracked piñata. This year’s cornucopia of treats includes many of the classics, from testing … continue reading
Tricentis merges with software testing company QASymphony
Tricentis has announced a new merger with QASymphony to drive continuous testing to enterprise DevOps. QASymphony is known for its test management tools while Tricentis focuses on test tools for continuous testing. Together, the companies hope to provide a modern platform for today’s digital transformation. The news followings Tricentis’ recent acquisition of the Q-up test … continue reading
SmartBear unites BDD with test automation to accelerate shifting left
SmartBear, a leader in software quality tools for teams, released TestLeft 2.5, featuring new Behavior Driven Development(BDD) support directly built into popular IDEs such as Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, and Visual Studio. By uniting BDD frameworks with the industry’s most accurate and customizable object repository, TestLeft empowers technical automation engineers to create complex and scalable automated UI tests in seconds right … continue reading
Fewer bugs, faster releases: How APM improves the SDLC
Breaking down a series of interdependent movements into discrete actions is often the first step to improving the performance of everything from professional orchestras to sports teams. And so it is with software. The Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) evolved out of an effort in the late 1960s to put formal quality processes in place … continue reading
For development managers, the question is: How close to the code should you be?
No two managers are alike. Styles differ, their approaches to their roles differ, and face it – their levels of energy differ. But how important is it for managers overseeing software development to get down in the weeds with their teams, or should they remain above the fray, enforcing coding practices and setting policies? We … continue reading
Guest View: 3 factors to consider when testing responsive websites
In the past decade, technologies and tools to help in web design have evolved drastically. Along with this the mobile revolution started; and it has changed the way organizations, businesses and customers interact with websites. Currently, there are so many versions of browsers and operating systems to support and users expect the website to work … continue reading
BrowserStack announces GA of automated testing solution App Automate
BrowserStack today announced the general availability of App Automate, its automated mobile testing solution that runs on the BrowserStack Real Device Cloud. App Automate enables users to run automated tests in Appium, with support for the Espresso Java and Android framework and the XCUITest iOS framework in beta and coming soon. Those integrations will allow … continue reading
Fat Data: Get the skinny on GDPR and test data management
Have you ever stopped to think about how much personal data is floating around the world or in your company’s databases? You may have decades’ worth of salaries, addresses, job applications, social security numbers, credit card numbers and on and on. If you factor in social media groups where we’ve willingly handed over our personal … continue reading
Report: Companies plan to spend more on automated testing this year
With Agile and DevOps adoption on the rise, more companies are looking to boost their automated testing portfolios. The cloud-based continuous testing provider Sauce Labs’ released survey results today from its annual Testing Trends in 2018: A Survey of Development and Testing Professionals. According to the report, 45 percent of respondents plan to increase their … continue reading
