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Introducing Sparse Streams: A New Lightweight Branching Option for Perforce Helix Core

Sparse Streams is a new way to achieve lightweight branching in Helix Core. In this clip from our recent webinar, Senior Director of Product Management Brent Schiestl gives a deep dive into this highly-anticipated feature. Learn how it can help you.

S1.E5: Test automation uncovered | QA Therapy Podcast

In this episode, we're diving into the realm of test automation ownership, strategy, tooling, and beyond, with our special guest, Toyer Mamoojee, our esteemed QA Therapist. Toyer, a seasoned speaker at testing conferences, is renowned for his expertise in test automation. Did you know that Xray enables you to consolidate results from various testing frameworks into a single, centralized location within Jira? This means your teams can freely select their preferred testing frameworks or tools without sacrificing visibility into the testing process.

How to Identify and Manage Software Testing Risks

As software releases are expected to happen faster, testers are placed under more pressure. Pressure to find and eradicate bugs earlier in the release cycle, to avoid them being costly and delaying release timelines. That said, if companies want to stay ahead of the competition, it's important from the outset their testing processes are free from risks and vulnerabilities. Can automated testing best ensure thorough validation? How can team procedures proactively avoid risk?

Unit Testing In Python Is Way More Convenient Than You'Ve Thought

As software developers, we all write lots and lots of lines of code while building an application. But to ensure that each and every components work perfectly in the software, we really need to do some unit testing. This ensures proper functionality and reliable performance of our product. These testing of individual components is known as Unit Testing. For the dynamic nature and the ease of writing tests alongside the code, Python can be a viable option for unit testing of our software.

Introducing Tosca Copilot: Your generative AI-powered productivity assistant

We’re thrilled to announce the launch of Tosca Copilot, a generative AI assistant that enhances productivity by optimizing test portfolios, explaining complex test cases, and providing actionable execution insights. Tosca Copilot is an add-on to Tosca Commander and is designed to make your testing lifecycle more efficient and effective.

Optimize Mobile App Testing for Speed, Scale, and Coverage

Hosted By: Maxwell Newsom, Solution Engineer, Sauce Labs Ashwini Sathe, Senior Group Product Marketing Manager, Sauce Labs Background: As the mobile industry experiences explosive growth, delivering quality mobile apps at speed and maintaining a seamless customer experience has never been more important. In fact, after using Sauce Labs, customers improved release speeds by up to 50% and achieved a 46% uptick in weekly code deployments.

The Future of Shift-Left in Software Development

According to the NIST research, the cost of detecting and fixing software defects exponentially increases over time. Shift left testing highlights the importance of testing early and frequently in the software development lifecycle (SDLC) to ensure that errors are identified and fixed as soon as possible. This method aligns closely with Agile Testing and DevOps Testing philosophies, which emphasize early and continuous integration.