QA teams are experiencing increasing pressure to accelerate release cycles, driven by AI-powered development, while maintaining high-quality standards, according to the 2025 Testing in DevOps Report from mabl ...
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April 09, 2025
GenAI technologies continue to create rapid transformation across industries. The State of Digital Quality in AI report highlights that while investment and use of AI continue to climb, the adoption of essential quality assurance (QA) and testing practices for AI is not keeping pace ...
February 25, 2025
More than 96% of the world's top one million web pages are not accessible. This staggering number shines a light on the fact that digital accessibility isn't just about compliance; it's about ensuring software and digital experiences are usable for all users, including the 1.3 billion people worldwide (16% of the world's population) with significant disabilities. Yet, accessibility remains an afterthought in many development workflows ...
February 06, 2025
Enterprise technology has changed considerably over the last decade ... As technology advances, it's driving a shift in how applications are developed, tested, and maintained. Gone are the days when software testing was a checkbox mentality; today, it's a strategic imperative that requires stakeholder involvement from all business areas. With that in mind, let's explore some key trends shaping the industry ...
December 19, 2024
Part 3 covers predictions about software quality and testing, as well as some challenges developers will face in 2025 ...
December 05, 2024
The software testing landscape is undergoing a transformative shift, driven by emerging technologies and evolving development practices. Rainforest QA's survey of software engineering leaders reveals new insights into how development teams are approaching end-to-end (E2E) test automation in 2024 ...
November 21, 2024
Agile security sprints are specialized iterations within the Agile framework focused on embedding security into the sprint cycle. Rather than treating security as an afterthought or a final checkpoint, it's integrated into the regular sprint rhythm ...
November 18, 2024
Applause has released The State of Digital Quality Report ... This year's report examined more than 200,000 defects in digital experiences across enterprise software, digital banking, streaming media services, wearable devices, online retail, voice-activated devices and more. Here's what the 2024 report revealed ...
October 29, 2024
Part 2 of this series covers more processes that can be supported or improved by AI, including security, testing, deployment, documentation and more ...
September 03, 2024
If you listen to thought leaders, QA is in its death throes. It's useless, it's expensive, and besides, we have machines to do that now. In my own experience, I've been working in organizations without dedicated QA teams for several years ... The transformation I'm talking about is where quality assurance has moved from a separate, final stage of development to one at the core of software creation, where every developer is expected to tear down their own code to build a better product. And if you're not on board with this shift yet, I have bad news for you ...
August 27, 2024
Cyberattacks are becoming much more sophisticated and frequent, leaving organizations constantly pressured to prioritize security at every stage of software development ... To counter these threats, one solution is for DevSecOps to embrace "shift-left" testing — a practice that involves moving testing earlier in the software development lifecycle ...
June 13, 2024
Software solution providers need to be more accurate and dedicated in their quality assurance of products and deliver that quality at speed. An amazing way to improve quality testing is to fail fast. Testing shouldn't ever take place in a silo ...
April 10, 2024
Since the inception of DevOps practices, technology providers in this field have generally focused on a single aspect of the Software Development Lifecycle. Some expanded their product lines with additional discreet offerings, but for the most part, a vendor provided either Planning, Orchestration, or Testing. They didn't combine the three in a single platform ...
March 07, 2024
Sometimes, the most effective method of protection is to put yourself in the attacker's shoes so you can stay one step ahead of their next move. The same is true for penetration testing — If you can't beat 'em, join 'em ...
February 27, 2024
Software development is on the rise, and so are the expectations around its quality. When it comes to ensuring quality, there are various quality assurance (QA) techniques. As a tester, you can leverage different QA strategies, such as prioritizing and optimizing QA processes through CI/CD adoption, test orchestration, AI-based tooling, and more ...
January 16, 2024
If the use of AI is consigned to code generation, organizations may miss some of the most transformative opportunities for AI in software development. Let's walk through three ways to use AI in your DevSecOps workflows for faster cycle times and accelerated value stream delivery: predictive analytics, code testing and review, and security vulnerability detection ...
December 07, 2023
Part 4 covers testing: The rapid advancement of GenAI will disrupt the testing landscape, enabling teams to significantly expand their testing capabilities with minimal additional resources. It will be used to facilitate automatic test creation and maintenance, address often overlooked edge cases, and rapidly generate insights to aid teams in critical decision-making processes ...
November 16, 2023
Companies have touted AI's ability to make employees more productive and efficient, personalize services and experiences, and improve quality while decreasing human error. And today, many organizations also realize the competitive advantage of utilizing AI in workflows, especially in web and mobile application performance testing ...
October 03, 2023
Despite the push for digital transformation, a recent study found that many are experiencing challenges maintaining quality when building, deploying, and operating their applications, with testing reported as the primary bottleneck to delivering apps ...
August 15, 2023
For the last decade, the concept of shifting security left has surged exponentially among practitioners, as the results of this approach are astounding. The ability to deliver secure code faster, reduce vulnerabilities in production, and drive efficiencies across application security and development teams are a clear win for any organization, right? ...
June 06, 2023
A build that used to take 10 minutes to finish, once you add automated tests into the picture, suddenly takes 45 minutes. And if failed tests are set to "retry" — that 45-min build can easily double in time! So enters AI to save the day ...
June 01, 2023
In 1975, computer scientist Fred Brooks observed that during software project management, adding more developers to a project that's already behind schedule just adds to delays. This became known as Brooks' law. However, it's not people power that causes delays — delaying testing increases the chance of bugs and suboptimal code quality. Therefore, one solution must be pushing testing forward. This blog offers advice on implementing a shift left approach, and the benefits of doing so ...
May 24, 2023
Truly Shifting Left means embracing a clean-as-you-go approach to software development. It means exactly what you'd think — it enables developers to identify and fix errors in real-time as they create code. When developers are able to clean-as-they-code, they move the security process as early into the software development life cycle (SDLC) as possible — when the code is first being written. You can't shift further left than that ...
May 15, 2023
The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to transform the technological landscape. Its application in several facets of software development continues to grow. One of the areas of software development where the adoption of AI can advance is software testing ...
May 09, 2023
When developing software, you want the application to be as ready as possible before exposing it to the real world. In production, the software needs to be able to deal with many different scenarios, which we can prepare for using a virtual test environment that mimics the actual system ...
