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What is the software development lifecycle (SDLC)?

The software development lifecycle (SDLC) is a project management framework that describes the stages and tasks involved in each step of software development.

By Alexander Gillis • Aug. 9, 2024

What is shift-right testing?

Shift-right testing is a method of continuously testing software while it is in a post-production environment.

By Corinne Bernstein • Aug. 9, 2024

How to weigh the benefits and challenges of CI/CD

Many organizations begin their DevOps journey with a continuous integration and delivery pipeline. Before getting started, understand some fundamental benefits of CI/CD.

By Clive Longbottom • Aug. 9, 2024

What is software resilience testing?

Software resilience testing is a method of software testing that focuses on ensuring that applications perform well in real-life or chaotic conditions.

By Sarah Lewis • Aug. 9, 2024

Endor Labs ships Java ‘Magic Patches’ with SCA tools

Upgrade impact analysis and backported fixes will help one enterprise customer make a major Java upgrade manageable and keep compliant with FedRAMP.

By Beth Pariseau • Aug. 8, 2024

12 CI/CD best practices for DevOps teams

Building and maintaining a CI/CD pipeline requires more than just chains of automation. Adopt these CI/CD approaches to maximize your development and deployment efforts.

By Matt Grasberger, Stephen Bigelow • Aug. 8, 2024

CloudBees buys co-founder’s AI test automation tools startup

Jenkins creator Kohsuke Kawaguchi rejoins CloudBees as co-CEO of Launchable, which aims to stem the tide of AI-generated code with AI-driven test optimization.

By Beth Pariseau • Aug. 7, 2024

What is a quality gate?

A quality gate is a milestone in an IT project that requires that predefined criteria be met before the project can proceed to the next phase.

By Corinne Bernstein • Aug. 7, 2024

Epics, features and user stories explained

Epics, features and user stories are all uniquely important work products in Agile product management. Learn the difference between them and how they work together to create value.

By Gerie Owen • Aug. 6, 2024

How to put CI, CT and CD together in a DevOps pipeline

DevOps pipelines aren't just about CI/CD. Learn why continuous testing is a crucial piece of the puzzle and how it ultimately results in cleaner code with fewer errors.

By Michael Levan, Will Kelly • Aug. 5, 2024

Agile vs. Scrum: How to choose between them

Scrum and Agile both emphasize collaboration and efficiency for DevOps teams in different ways. Learn when to use each approach and when to use them in tandem.

By Ben Lutkevich • Aug. 2, 2024

AWS CodeCommit, Cloud9 closure communication critiqued

AWS CodeCommit gives up the Git ghost to competitors, while a lack of advance notice to users has some IT pros questioning the future of other services.

By Beth Pariseau • Aug. 2, 2024

What is dynamic application security testing (DAST)?

Dynamic application security testing (DAST) is the process of analyzing a web application in runtime to identify security vulnerabilities or weaknesses.

By Kate Brush • Aug. 1, 2024

What is API testing? Everything you need to know

API testing is a type of software testing that analyzes an application programming interface (API) to verify that it fulfills its expected functionality, security, performance and reliability.

By Alexander Gillis, Kinza Yasar, Kate Brush • July 31, 2024

A beginner’s guide to learning new programming languages

Rust or Ruby? Go or Groovy? As the competitive IT landscape evolves, developers can enhance their skills and career potential by learning new programming languages.

By Kerry Doyle • July 31, 2024

What is continuous integration (CI)?

Continuous integration (CI) is a software development practice in which frequent and incremental changes are routinely added (integrated) to the complete codebase immediately after the changes and additions are tested and validated.

By Alexander Gillis, Stephen Bigelow • July 31, 2024

Court reverses Appian’s $2B espionage win against Pegasystems

Two years ago, Appian was awarded damages in its lawsuit against Pegasystems, which it accused of spying. A court of appeals has reversed that decision.

By Stephanie Glen, Bridget Botelho • July 30, 2024

What is an algorithm?

An algorithm is a procedure used for solving a problem or performing a computation.

By Alexander Gillis • July 29, 2024

Java tic-tac-toe game coding tutorial

What's the best way to learn how to program? Code up some of your favorite childhood games. Here, we'll show you how to code a tic-tac-toe game in Java.

By Cameron McKenzie • July 29, 2024

What is no-code? Everything you need to know

No-code is a software development approach that requires few, if any, programming skills to quickly build an application, website or module that links into an existing system.

By Paul Kirvan, Kevin Ferguson • July 29, 2024

What is REpresentational State Transfer (REST)

REST (REpresentational State Transfer) is an architectural style for developing web services and systems that can easily communicate with each other.

By Rahul Awati, Kerry Doyle, Kevin Ferguson • July 29, 2024

CrowdStrike outage underscores software testing dilemmas

Experts say efforts to avoid incidents such as last week's CrowdStrike outage will face time-honored tradeoffs between velocity, stability, access and security.

By Beth Pariseau • July 26, 2024

Guide to synthetic test data

Synthetic data can replicate real-world scenarios in software testing. Discover how synthetic data addresses challenges posed by real-world data while preserving its advantages.

By Butch Mayhew • July 26, 2024

5 best practices for microservices authorization

Authorization is a critical security component of a microservices architecture. Follow these five guiding principles to deploy and manage the microservices authorization process.

By Twain Taylor • July 26, 2024

What is an API endpoint?

An API endpoint is a point at which an application programming interface -- the code that enables two software programs to communicate with each other -- connects with the software program.

By Kinza Yasar • July 26, 2024