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Testing Practitioner Handbook

By : Renu Rajani
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Testing Practitioner Handbook

By: Renu Rajani

Overview of this book

The book is based on the author`s experience in leading and transforming large test engagements and architecting solutions for customer testing requirements/bids/problem areas. It targets the testing practitioner population and provides them with a single go-to place to find perspectives, practices, trends, tools, and solutions to test applications as they face the evolving digital world. This book is divided into five parts where each part explores different aspects of testing in the real world. The first module explains the various testing engagement models. You will then learn how to efficiently test code in different life cycles. The book discusses the different aspects of Quality Analysis consideration while testing social media, mobile, analytics, and the Cloud. In the last module, you will learn about futuristic technologies to test software. By the end of the book, you will understand the latest business and IT trends in digital transformation and learn the best practices to adopt for business assurance.
Table of Contents (56 chapters)
Testing Practitioner Handbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Index

Role of service virtualization in DevOps


DevOps provides a set of principles and practices that enable development and operations teams to communicate and collaborate more effectively. Deploying automation enables the organization to enjoy the benefits of continuous integration and continuous delivery, significantly enhancing both productivity and agility.

Understanding opportunities for acceleration holds the key to process improvement. We need to ensure, though, that acceleration comes without risk to quality.

Software organizations are learning that QA and testing practices must be used throughout the entire software development life cycle. Robust testing practices enable the organization to meet the demands and challenges of continuous delivery. Today, there are methodologies and tools available that help to implement effective testing strategies that meet the demands of even the most complex IT systems embracing DevOps. Refer to the following diagram:

When an organization is looking at...