You can’t go anywhere today without hearing the term “artificial intelligence” (AI). It is in the vehicles we drive, the flight systems of the commercial aircraft we fly, and the commercial systems we interact with daily. It’s also in the vocabulary of most IT professionals these days. But precisely what is AI? In simplest terms,…
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Ask two people the definition of DevOps these days and if you get fewer than five answers, you are doing well. My casual definition of DevOps is “a culture around how software is developed and delivered into production operations.” That does not mean everyone does it the same way. One primary and fundamental characteristic of…
Agile is one of the most popular and widely accepted modern approaches for software development among technology organizations. It offers an adaptive, iterative, and incremental methodology. The project management team uses the agile model to build and deliver products in uncertain environments, meeting the rapidly changing market condition. But to put the agile model in…
Selenium is a tool you can use to automate testing actions in a browser. Unsurprisingly, the main use case for Selenium is creating automated tests for web applications. And though there are different ways to use this technology, we’re here today to cover just one of them: Selenium WebDriver. Specifically, we’re covering one feature of…
You probably already have Jenkins running to automate the build process of your applications. However, you might be aware that to increase quality in your build process, you need to include testing. So, in this post, I’ll cover why automated testing is so crucial in continuous integration (CI) pipelines. Then, I’ll explain how to integrate…
Sometimes, while writing tests with tools like Mocha, you may want to perform certain operations before the tests. These operations might include the initial setup of global services or resources and configuration for the tests. Mocha’s beforeEach method makes these test setups easier and reduces code duplication. Mocha has several hooks, including before, after, beforeEach,…
Although the benefits of having automated tests are well known, setting up any new test framework can be bewildering and time consuming. If you’re writing JavaScript, a language that lies somewhere in the middle between object-oriented and functional programming, understanding what to test can be hard too. This tutorial will explain the basics of testing…
Data obfuscation is a term that every developer should comprehend and implement into every project. Obfuscation refers to the act of making something appear different from its actual form. To a security-aware developer, the term refers to any method used when hiding the actual value of a data object. In the realm of software testing,…
Selenium is a popular browser automation tool. Using Selenium, you can automate almost every action a regular user can perform on a web browser. For example, with Selenium, you can write a small script that can open a webpage and then complete a form on the page. However, to carry out an operation like this,…
Here we are again in our never-ending quest to spread the word about automated testing. Today’s topic is one we’ve already covered, but with a different spin: regression testing. What is regression testing? Well, while the previous post was mainly about definitions—and we do recommend you check it out—we’ll offer a short version here nonetheless….