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Continuous Testing, Quality, Security, and Feedback

By : Marc Hornbeek
Book Image

Continuous Testing, Quality, Security, and Feedback

By: Marc Hornbeek

Overview of this book

Organizations struggle to integrate and execute continuous testing, quality, security, and feedback practices into their DevOps, DevSecOps, and SRE approaches to achieve successful digital transformations. This book addresses these challenges by embedding these critical practices into your software development lifecycle. Beginning with the foundational concepts, the book progresses to practical applications, helping you understand why these practices are crucial in today’s fast-paced software development landscape. You’ll discover continuous strategies to avoid the common pitfalls and streamline the quality, security, and feedback mechanisms within software development processes. You’ll explore planning, discovery, and benchmarking through systematic engineering approaches, tailored to organizational needs. You’ll learn how to select toolchains, integrating AI/ML for resilience, and implement real-world case studies to achieve operational excellence. You’ll learn how to create strategic roadmaps, aligned with digital transformation goals, and measure outcomes recognized by DORA. You’ll explore emerging trends that are reshaping continuous practices in software development. By the end of this book, you’ll have the knowledge and skills to drive continuous improvement across the software development lifecycle.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
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Part 1: Understanding Continuous Testing, Quality, Security, and Feedback
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Part 2: Determining Solutions Priorities
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Part 3: Deep Dive into Roadmaps, Implementation Patterns, and Measurements
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Part 4: Exploring Future Trends and Continuous Learning

Part 1: Understanding Continuous Testing, Quality, Security, and Feedback

Part 1 of the book dives into the foundational concepts necessary for integrating continuous strategies into software development and operations. It begins by explaining the principles of continuous testing, quality, security, and feedback, emphasizing their critical role in supporting Agile, DevOps, DevSecOps, and SRE practices. This section sets the stage by outlining the historical context and evolution of these strategies, highlighting how they have become essential in modern software frameworks to enhance efficiency, security, and user responsiveness.

Further, the book discusses the importance of these continuous strategies in maintaining and improving the quality, security, and feedback mechanisms within software development processes. It uses real-world examples and lessons learned from personal past experiences to illustrate common pitfalls and effective strategies to avoid them. This part helps in understanding the theoretical aspects and provides practical insights into implementing these strategies effectively to achieve robust digital transformations.

This part includes the following chapters:

  • Chapter 1, Principles of Continuous Testing, Quality, Security, and Feedback
  • Chapter 2, The Importance of Continuous Testing, Quality, Security, and Feedback
  • Chapter 3, Experiences and Pitfalls with Continuous Testing, Quality, Security, and Feedback