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Craig Risi
5 days ago5 min read
The Journey to Modernization – Part 8 – Testing Strategies for Serverless
Serverless applications present unique challenges for testing, given their event-driven nature and heavy reliance on managed cloud...


Craig Risi
Dec 20, 202412 min read
The Journey to Modernization – Part 4 – Final steps of technical modernization preparation for your legacy application
In my last post, I started looking at the technical steps for preparation of technical modernization. It was a lot to cover, so I split...


Craig Risi
Sep 14, 20248 min read
The Pros and Cons of Using Pact for Contract Testing
In my previous blog post , I spoke about the importance of Contract Testing in the software development space. A tool that can assist in...


Craig Risi
Aug 30, 202411 min read
Contract Testing – what is it and why do you need it
Testing is a multilayered engineering activity required at many levels in the software architecture and development process. However, as...


Craig Risi
Aug 16, 202410 min read
Pros and Cons of Different Tools - Grafana
In any development and testing environment, observability and visibility are essential for ensuring software quality and efficiency. Many...


Craig Risi
Jun 1, 20246 min read
How to execute your test automation in parallel
Almost every company has seen the benefits of test automation and has bought into the idea of test automation throughout their entire...


Craig Risi
Mar 8, 20248 min read
The Pros and Cons of Different Testing Tools - Yest
Most of the testing tools I’ve been looking at so far deal with the aspect of testing at or post the development stage. However, today I...


Craig Risi
Feb 17, 20247 min read
The Pros and Cons of Different Testing Tools - Applitools Eyes
In today’s blog on testing tools, I wanted to focus on a tool that does something a little different than what we’ve covered before. An...


Craig Risi
Jan 5, 20246 min read
The Pros and Cons of Different Testing Tools - JIRA
I want to start this year off by looking at different workflow management, test management, and defect tools and how they can add value...


Craig Risi
Oct 26, 20239 min read
Effective Test Automation Approaches for Modern CI/CD Pipelines
I'm taking a break today from my tool evaluations to post an article I previously wrote for InfoQ. I feel it is a relevant topic at the...

Craig Risi
Oct 12, 20238 min read
The Pros and Cons of different test tools - k6
In my look at different testing tools, I’ve focused mostly on automation tools, but today I want to focus on a tool that is exclusively...


Craig Risi
Oct 1, 20228 min read
Best Practices for CI/CD
If there is one thing the software development world loves, it’s following the latest development trends. Call it the “cool factor” or...
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