One of the core responsibilities of a DevOps organization is to ensure a high level of software quality. And like any other term in the software development industry, “software quality” has evolved. For a long period of time, software quality was a phrase used to designate an application’s capacity to perform its core function—that is, to answer the question: Does the [...]
Keeping your skills up to date is an absolute necessity in any line of work, and the software industry is certainly no exception. To illustrate this point, consider software testing. The challenges that you need to meet as a software tester are always growing greater. The volume of tests that is considered normal and the pace of testing are determined by current standards for application [...]
We are happy to announce the brand-new Sauce Labs Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program, a collaboration with technology partners to create compelling integrations with the Sauce Labs Continuous Testing Cloud. This new program will provide greater value to customers as we jointly develop integrations that allow our continuous testing capabilities to extend deeper into a customer’s [...]
The idea behind continuous testing is clear enough: It means you perform software tests throughout the CI/CD pipeline. But what does continuous testing mean in practice? How do you actually achieve continuous testing? Let’s explore in this article. What Is Continuous Testing? Continuous testing is a way of applying the concept and practice of continuous software delivery to software [...]
There are lots of reasons for running software tests in the cloud. Some, such as faster test results due to the ability to test in parallel, are obvious, and align with the benefits of cloud computing in general. Other advantages of cloud-based testing, however, are less obvious, especially if you are not already running tests in the cloud. To gain a full understanding of why you would want to [...]
Want to extend your testing routine to include production? Canary release pipelines may be the solution you need. This article explains what canary release pipelines mean and how they can help you test in production in order to achieve continuous testing. What Is a Canary Release Pipeline? Image credit: Greg Sypolt A canary release pipeline is a deployment tactic to test in production to reduce [...]
Continuous testing is useful no matter which type of app you are developing. However, this does not mean that the approach you take to continuous testing is always the same. Take web apps and mobile apps, for instance. While most of your CI/CD processes may look more or less the same for both web and mobile, continuous testing processes often have to adapt when you move between one type of app [...]
Earlier this year Sauce Labs introduced Carrier Network Connectivity for our Real Device Cloud. Carrier Network Connectivity allows private cloud customers to connect one or more of their private devices to a carrier network in order to complete testing scenarios which are not feasible using a WiFi only connection. Carrier network connectivity allows you to test use cases such as: Sign in using [...]
