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Testing across a Large Number of Inputs with Property-Based Testing
Property-based testing is an approach that involves specifying statements that should always be true, rather than relying on specific examples. It enables you to test functions across a large number of inputs with fewer tests. Every run of a property-based test will use different inputs, which can give you confidence your code works in a general case.
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AWS Introduces Remote Invoke Feature in AWS SAM CLI, Enabling Seamless Testing of Lambda Functions
AWS recently announced the launch of the remote invoke feature in AWS Serverless Application Model (SAM) Command Line Interface (CLI) for AWS Lambda, allowing developers to quickly invoke their AWS Lambda functions deployed to the AWS cloud.
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Descaling for Delivery and Using AI to Enhance Software Development: Learnings from QCon New York
The track Optimizing Teams for Fast Flow - Surviving in the Post-agile Aftermath at QCon New York 2023 comprised two talks in the morning that went into replacing an agile process with engineering and conversational software delivery using AI.
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Uno Platform Visual Studio Code Extension Introduces Mobile Debugging
Uno Platform, a framework for building native mobile, desktop, and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML, released a new version of the Visual Studio Code extension. The new version adds support for building mobile applications as well as debugging them directly from Visual Studio Code.
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Treat Your CI System as a Product for Faster and Better Feedback
Improving the feedback time of a continuous integration (CI) system and optimizing the test methods and classes resulted in more effective feedback for development teams. CI systems are an important part of the development process and should be treated as such.
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eBay and lastminute.com Adopt Contract Testing to Drive Architecture Evolution
Lastminute.com has adopted contract tests to mitigate difficulties resulting from using system-level integration tests and to improve the feedback cycle and development process while eBay is using contract testing to help safely evolve their internal APIs and support client teams' requirements.
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Applying Test-Driven Development in the Cloud
In the cloud, application development can be treated end-to-end with its accompanying infrastructure. This makes it possible to use test-driven development (TDD) and refactoring on the full application, which can bring down maintenance costs.
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How to Improve Testing by Using a Gentle Nudge
Nudging gives us opportunities to positively influence our behavior. Its principles can be applied in testing to increase attention or to enhance the product's quality. Nudging makes use of our biases. This term may cause concern for testers as it poses a risk to delivering useful software. However, scientists have also recognized its potential to positively influence our behavior.
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Java News Roundup: Quarkus 3.0, MicroStream 8.0, JEP 442, GraalVM, Infinispan
This week's Java roundup for April 24th, 2023, features news from OpenJDK, JDK 21, GlassFish 7.0.4, GraalVM 22.3.2, Microsoft OpenJDK, Spring releases. Quarkus 3.0.0, MicroStream 8.0.0, Micronaut 3.9.1, Hibernate ORM 6.2.2, Hibernate Reactive 2.0.0.CR1, Infinispan 15.0.0.Dev01, Apache Camel 3.20.4, Camel Quarkus 2.13.3, JUnit 5.9.3, JReleaser 1.6.0, JobRunr 6.1.4, JDKMon 17.0.49 and Foojay.io.
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Improving Web Accessibility with Semantic HTML and Testing Techniques and Tools
Web accessibility benefits all of us. Designers, developers, and testers can check for web accessibility and can make the web and services more inclusive, for instance by using semantic HTML, following web standards when coding, and testing for web accessibility. Countries are introducing regulations to enforce inclusive standards.
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Programming Foundations for Test Automation
Proper programming foundations can improve your test automation, making it easier to maintain testing code, and reduce stress. A foundation of the theory and basic principles of coding and programming can help to bring test automation to the next level. Object-oriented programming principles can help to overcome code smells.
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Cross-Industry Report Identifies Top 10 Open-Source Software Risks
Promoted by Endor Labs and featuring contributions from over 20 industry experts, the new Endor Labs Station 9 report identifies the top operational and security risks in open-source software.
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Migrating From Enzyme to React Testing Library - Sentry Case Study
The Sentry engineering team recently recounted on its blog the drivers and lessons learned from migrating its front-end tests code from Enzyme to the React Testing Library. The migration was triggered by Enzyme’s lack of support for newer versions of React. The migration took about 20 months and involved 17 engineers reviewing around 5,000 tests.
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AI-Based Code-Completion Tool Tabnine Now Offers Automatic Unit Test Generation
One of the pioneers in the field, Tabnine is a code completion assistant that uses generative AI to predict and suggest the next lines of code based on its surrounding context. Tabnine is now opening beta access to new capabilities aimed at generating unit tests.
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GitHub Enhances CodeQL, Extends Language Support, Available Queries, and More
After adding support for Ruby at GitHub Universe 2022, CodeQL introduced Kotlin support in beta. Additionally, support for other languages has been extended to include more recent versions. GitHub has also extended available queries to fully cover several industry-wide vulnerability directories, and improved the CodeQL ecosystem.