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  • Cloud and DevOps: A Marriage Made in Heaven

    What is the relationship between Cloud Computing and DevOps? Is DevOps really just “IT for the Cloud”? Can you only do DevOps in the cloud? Can you only do cloud using DevOps? The answer to all three questions is “no”. Cloud and DevOps are independent but mutually reinforcing strategies for delivering business value through IT.

    Jeff Sussna
    on Oct 02, 2013

  • Book Review: Vagrant up and running

    Mitchell Hashimoto released his book "Vagrant up and running" which covers everything from basic Vagrant usage to extending its functionality. In seven chapters he explains every aspect of Vagrant - from staring a default VM to extending it via plug-ins.

    Matthias Marschall
    on Sep 06, 2013
  • Culture & Methods

    Functional GUI Testing Automation Patterns

    The process of developing an automated functional test solution is not much different from the process of creating the same program but Preparation and definition of the best practices are critical.

    Sasha Reminnyi
    on Aug 02, 2013

  • Managing Build Jobs for Continuous Delivery

    The number of jobs in a continuous integration tool can range from a few to several thousand, all performing various functions. There is an approach to manage these jobs in a more efficient manner.

    Martin Peston
    on May 24, 2013

  • Interview and Book Review: Enterprise Software Delivery

    "Enterprise Software Delivery" is the latest book by Alan W. Brown, and is a must-read guide for anybody concerned with the development and delivery of software in a large organisation.

    Craig Smith
    on Feb 20, 2013

  • Unit Testing Hadoop MapReduce Jobs With MRUnit, Mockito, & PowerMock

    Hadoop MapReduce jobs have a unique code architecture that raises interesting issues for test-driven development. In this article Michael Spicuzza provides a real-world example using MRUnit, Mockito, and PowerMock to solve these problems.

    Michael Spicuzza
    on Dec 03, 2012

  • Why Testing Matters in Agile Projects

    Agile is changing the way we work together and the work that is done. Many think that the role of testing is dead, but I think it is growing and turning into an even better, rounder, more effective testing. The role of Testing will powerfully help redefine the way things are done and the order in which they are done for best results in agile.

    Sharon Robson
    on Oct 02, 2012

  • Interview and Book Review: How Google Tests Software

    "How Google Tests Software" by James Whittaker, Jason Arbon and Jeff Carollo is a book that details exactly what is described on the cover. It is an informative and interesting look beneath the covers of how a large technical organization like Google deals with the complexity of software testing.

    Craig Smith
    on Sep 11, 2012

  • Lessons From A DevOps Journey

    Matt Callanan has been pushing the boundaries of Agile software development for over six years and most recently he extended that journey to DevOps. He recently shared his experiences in a talk at the Agile Development Practices West conference entitled "Lessons From A DevOps Journey". InfoQ caught up with Matt prior to the conference to find out more about his experiences in DevOps.

    Craig Smith
    on Jun 27, 2012

  • Book Review: Experiences of Test Automation

    “Experiences of Test Automation” is a compilation of experiences in the field that is hard to read from end to end but serves well as a reference for experienced readers by providing examples of approaches, obstacles and solutions in a variety of domains and technologies as well as insightful overviews from the authors.

    Manuel Pais
    on Apr 27, 2012

  • Interview and Book Review: Specification by Example

    Gojko Adzic has written the book Specification by Example, explaining the set of techniques for describing the functional and behavioural aspects of a computer system in a way that they are useful to the development team (expressed ideally as executable tests), understandable by non-technical stakeholders and maintainable to remain relevant despite changing customer demands.

    Shane Hastie
    on Oct 24, 2011

  • Test automation and Continuous Delivery

    This article shows how automating certain programmable aspects of a test suite can help software delivery. Covered are automated testing, costs per deployment, tests as documentation & manual testing.

    Ranjan D Sakalley
    on Oct 21, 2011
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