DevOps aims at continuous
development, testing, improvement, and deployment of software applications in
order to cut down on delays in time to market and response to customer queries.
In this software development approach every coding segment is tested post
development and is followed by integrating the same with the rest of the
application. As continuous testing, DevOps forms the crux of this approach, it
should be carried out effectively. DevOps testing services include performance,
functionality, usability, and security related tests, and post deployment gets
monitored on a continuous basis to see whether it performs to its optimal
level. A significant aspect of DevOps quality assurance is using automation
mainly sourced from the cloud. Automation can quicken the pace of testing
besides possessing the ability to check glitches that might be missed during
the monotonous rigmarole of manual testing.
Before delving into the best
practices to be followed in DevOps quality assurance framework it is important
to know the benefits that accrue to the organisation by using the same:
·
Brings about a synergy
among Development, Testing, and Operations teams by making them function as one
unit
·
Increased automation
in continuous testing DevOps helps in faster detection (and elimination) of
glitches
·
Ensures faster
delivery of software in the market and quicker response to customer queries
·
Ensures faster
updation of software as per changing market dynamics and shifting of customer
preferences
·
As stakeholders form
part of the planning, development, testing, and deployment exercises in DevOps
quality assurance, the overall goal doesn't get shifted
·
Greater efficiency
among teams leads to cutting down on flab and better realisation of ROI
Best practices to adopt in continuous
testing DevOps
DevOps testing services should
ensure that any stage of the application development process should be ready
for deployment into the next phase. And to let that happen, the following
practices are needed to be adhered to as a part of DevOps quality assurance.
Automation and Monitoring: Continuous testing DevOps involves testing of the test
environment, strategies, data, tools and execution methods, and with automation
leads to greater validation of codes and faster identification of glitches. In
fact, any user response gets quickly attended leading to better monitoring of
the development process or creating better versions of the product.
Testing on a continuous basis: Every aspect of the SDLC undergo testing on a continuous
basis, thus leading to an overall better end product. Here continuous testing
DevOps involves the following approaches:
1. Shift left and Shift right:
The Shift left process forms a part of continuous integration of software while
Shift right comes into being when the coverage area of testing is expanded following
feedbacks from users.
2. TDD & BDD: These
methods lay down the priorities, requirements, functionalities and risk factors
of an application to be developed for all stakeholders. These can be used to
generate better and faster automated test cases.
3. Continuous integration:
Thanks to continuous testing DevOps, there is quicker as well as continual
integration of individual segments into the overall jigsaw of SDLC. This leads
to faster time to market and deployment of the application.
Inclusion of non-functional
testing: In a traditional testing
framework, non-functional testing such as performance, load, usability, etc. is
done infrequently as opposed to functional testing due to its longer time
requirement. However, in DevOps testing services it is integrated into the
continuous test environment by tweaking the CI test process.
Conclusion:
Effective planning of the test
environment and implementing proper strategies ensure the success of DevOps
testing services.
Michael works for Cigniti Technologies, which is the world's first Independent Software Testing Services Company to be appraised at CMMI-SVC Level 5, and an ISO 9001:2008 & ISO 27001:2013 certified organization.
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