Technical Discussion

Task: Explore strategies for managing test data effectively in a DevOps environment. Implement one such strategy in your project.  Capture: A screenshot or description of your test data management approach. 

Task: Add automated tests to your project's CI pipeline and ensure they run automatically with each code change.  Capture a screenshot of your CI tool running automated tests. 

Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) are two popular approaches to software development that prioritize testing and quality assurance. TDD focuses on writing tests before writing codeBDD focuses on defining the behavior of the system before writing code. Which one do you use? Do you use either, or a third one?

Hey ShiftSyncers,Quick one: Anyone doing Advent of Code by Eric Wastl? For those who might be unfamiliar, Advent of Code is an annual coding event that involves solving a series of programming puzzles throughout December, each becoming progressively more challenging. For those already diving into the Advent of Code, I wish you the best of luck! Feel free to keep us posted on your progress, share interesting puzzles, or ask for help if needed. 

Question: How does continuous integration help in the DevOps lifecycle, and what are some common CI best practices? Answer in the comments below. Next task will be live tomorrow on Oct. 9.

Task: Reflect on your DevOps journey over the past 9 days and identify areas for improvement in terms of collaboration and culture. Share your story here.  The winners will be announced tomorrow. Make sure you have completed all the tasks. 

Question: How do comprehensive test reports and metrics benefit testers and developers in identifying issues?  Answer in the comments below. Next task will be live tomorrow on Oct.14. 

In the digital age, passwords have become the first line of defense against cyber threats.Yet, many of us still fall into the trap of using weak and easily guessable passwords.But how easy is it to make a password, you just have to follow the password rules, right? Well…how good are you at following rules?  Have a look at the above video and try the followingWell first try to actually beat the game :) Write in the comment if you were stuck Write how you found the answer to the different rulesWould you use such a password in your daily life?

Task: Set up a CD pipeline to automatically deploy your application to a testing environment when new code is pushed.  Capture: A screenshot of the application deployed to the testing environment.

Question: How does code review help in maintaining high-quality test scripts and fostering collaboration?  Answer in the comments below. Next task will be live tomorrow on Oct. 11.

Hi everyone, I'm currently working on integrating Generative AI into our test automation framework and could use some expert advice. Has anyone had experience using AI to enhance test case generation or maintenance? Any recommendations on best practices or tools would be greatly appreciated!

Question: Why is it crucial for both testers and developers to incorporate security testing into the DevOps pipeline?  Answer in the comments below. Next task will be live tomorrow on Oct.15

Over the past 10 days, we witnessed an incredible display of skill, dedication, and commitment to the world of DevOps. Let's congartulate the 2 winners of 10 Days of DevOps Challenge.🥇 Winner 1: @IOan  🥇 Winner 2: @hungoboss  Ioan and Hung consistently showcased their deep understanding of DevOps principles and innovative problem-solving. Their contributions have not only elevated their own skills but have also inspired the entire community.But, let's not forget that it's not just about the winners. The entire community that participated in the challenge has grown, learned, and connected over the past 10 Days. Special thanks to @sabarish, @mmario.ffrohlich and @sarmistha for your contributions. Keep challenging yourselves, keep innovating, and keep pushing the boundaries of what's possible in DevOps. Congratulations once again to our champions, and thank you to everyone who made the 10 Days of DevOps Challenge an unforgettable experience! 🚀

Are you really using Agile in your Projects? A lot of projects/teams claim to work in an Agile ways. They use methodologies and ceremonies that are tipically associated with Agile and with Scrum. However in reality it is actually a Sprint based Waterfall. Share your experience. What do you use.

Question: Explain the advantages of using version control systems like Git in DevOps. Answer in the comments below. Next task will be live tomorrow on Oct.8.

What are three main considerations to help determine what you should be automating for a load test, especially integrated load tests? To find out the answer, join my session today. I have three things that you can use to filter out unnecessary business processes and limit the scope of the testing to only what you need.  Register at:  Thanks,Scott

 In this video, Kshitij Nigan (happy) , a Senior Product Security Engineer at Tricentis with 11 years of experience, discusses the power of DevSecOps in software development. He highlights its cultural impact, emphasizing security as a shared responsibility. @nigamelastic also covers key practices like vulnerability detection, compliance, and proactive security. This video is a must-watch for those interested in integrating security into the development process. 

Hi All,How to prevent API Scan from saving API cookies and send it in next request. Basically I don’t want to Autosave API cookies saved in first API test step or delete it for next request  Test Step in Test case. Tried the setting TCP like AutoSetCookies to False. It would be great help if anyone knows solution? Using 2024.1 version. 

A friend told me today that his teammates believe that AI is a solved problem and there is no risk to using AI to build their apps and indeed using AI in the app itself. And most people I know see many potential perils and pitfalls in GenAI/LLM tools and assistants. And, the teams I have been working with the last few years are not using any AI tools at all. I believe AI is here to stay and we all need to learn how to make it an effective part of our toolbox. But I’m concerned that there’s a perception out there that this is a done deal, we can safely use AI tools. What are other people seeing, thinking?

Hello, has anyone experiance with the automation of an application created with teh Vaadin framework?https://vaadin.com/ We are struggeling with the identification of the gui objects. Thanks,Volker

Hi Community, I think the topic has been in debate for long. I think captcha cannot be automated and we should ask the dev team to remove it as it is designed to identify it is are used as security checks todeter spammers and hackers from using forms on web pages.But there are certain chrome windgets like buster which can resolve the captcha. kindly let me knowyour thoughts.

We are building a stand-alone web and mobile application that, when finished, will require one of our order modules to have as one of its features an editable PDF. Since the third-party PDF editor we could find already supports a strong ability to edit-the specifics being Adobe Acrobat-we are challenged with how we will ensure that changes the user saves will be written into our application database rather than into the third-party editor system.Our development team is facing an impasse in the effort to implement this functionality. Do you have suggested approaches or tools allowing PDF editing with direct data saving to our database? Thank you in advance for any suggestions or best practices you could share.

Greetings,Hope having a fantastic December holidays to you all!Allow me to request you guys’ help for the following issue!After running the DEX execution overnight, some testcases are updated with the updated execution logs while some are not updated at all.Looking forward to you guys’ suggestions!With Regards,Zuzan   

We have a scenario with two dropdowns. Based on the selections made in both dropdowns, the third field is sometimes enabled or disabled. Instead of using an IF statement with a condition, we attempted to pass the condition directly. For the third field: We entered the value as Enabled -> <name> and set the Action Mode to Buffer. For the same third field (copied and pasted), we passed the condition as {B[name]} == "TRUE" and entered the text value in the Test Step Value column with the Action Mode set to Input. 

Hi Team,Try to request your help to check my license issue, I already got below mail for the license request but the link cannot work once click will show error ‘Docs.tricentis.com reject to connect’ , can anyone tell me what’s the correct setup for the web browers or what should I do?  I already set the security of browser as ‘lowest’. thanks so much.