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Hands-on DevOps

By : Sricharan Vadapalli
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Hands-on DevOps

By: Sricharan Vadapalli

Overview of this book

<p>DevOps strategies have really become an important factor for big data environments.</p> <p>This book initially provides an introduction to big data, DevOps, and Cloud computing along with the need for DevOps strategies in big data environments. We move on to explore the adoption of DevOps frameworks and business scenarios. We then build a big data cluster, deploy it on the cloud, and explore DevOps activities such as CI/CD and containerization. Next, we cover big data concepts such as ETL for data sources, Hadoop clusters, and their applications. Towards the end of the book, we explore ERP applications useful for migrating to DevOps frameworks and examine a few case studies for migrating big data and prediction models.</p> <p>By the end of this book, you will have mastered implementing DevOps tools and strategies for your big data clusters.</p>
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
11
DevOps Adoption by ERP Systems
12
DevOps Periodic Table
13
Business Intelligence Trends
14
Testing Types and Levels
15
Java Platform SE 8

Chapter 14. Testing Types and Levels

An end-to-end testing is critical aspect of application life cycle. Its understanding is vital to DevOps to automate as many segments as possible. The following listing covers the entire spectrum of testing variants:

  • Functional testing: Verifying the functionality of the application based on business rules and requirements.
  • API testing: Verifying the JSON request and response using Postman for various services. Using Postman, creating and automating test cases.
  • SLA testing: Verifying the request and response times of different services/ pages and comparing them with SLA's metrics provided by the development team.
  • UI testing: Comparing the UI elements / graphics based on the Wire Frames or Creatives provided by the design team.
  • Compatibility testing:
    • OS compatibility testing: Verifying the application in different OS platforms, such as Windows, Mac, and Linux, and with different Mobile OS (iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows, Symbian, and so on).
    • Browser compatibility...