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Defensive Design Strategies to Prevent Flaky Tests Flaky tests could be the result of issues in the code, but more often they are due to assumptions in the test code that lead to non-relatable results. There are many reasons that tests can fail intermittently, and some can be easily avoided by applying good defensive design strategies. It's all about making your code agile. |
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Shifting Security Left in Your Continuous Testing Pipeline Security is often the black sheep of testing—an afterthought that gets only a scan before release. We have to make security a first-class testing citizen with full-lifecycle support. For the best impact, introduce security testing into the early phases of the continuous testing pipeline. Here are some tools to help. |
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Strategically Using Slack Time after a Release When you've worked for months on a big software release, afterward you may want to jump into the next project. But building in some slack time between sprints is a good idea. After a big release, there will probably be more work as new users discover bugs in your software. Plan for some more testing and development. |
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Exploring Containers: Creating a Dockerfile Docker containers are launched using Docker images, which are built from layers of Dockerfiles. A Dockerfile is a text document that contains all the commands or instructions to create, copy, and run an image. Let’s look at what goes into creating a Dockerfile, which could be used to build a runnable Docker image. |
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