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Date Published
Author
Vince Power
Word count
734
Language
English
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None

Summary

There is no universally agreed upon definition of DevOps, but its core idea is streamlining and automating toolchains used by development and operations teams. Adding TestOps can improve product quality, increase confidence in application reliability, and reduce handoffs that delay feature releases. Continuous testing, including automated testing with tools like Sauce Labs, is essential to reinforcing the DevOps dream. By integrating testing into all stages of the development-to-production pipeline, organizations can gain benefits such as faster delivery, better collaboration, and a more agile environment, while also increasing reliability and simplifying root cause analysis. Implementing DevTestOps requires extending existing pipelines with an automation toolchain that supports various types of testing, collecting and visualizing results for consumption within the organization, and leveraging expert guidance to learn proven best practices.