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In an era where software must be fast, flawless, and secure, testing is no longer a supporting function; it is at the ...

Microsoft and OpenAI, in collaboration with GitHub, have developed the Copilot extension, an AI-powered code optimization and completion tool. It can help developers by suggesting blocks or even lines ...

When taking a test-first approach to programming (see Test before you leap), developers use unit tests to verify that that their code will function as expected. JUnit and NUnit are open source unit ...

Master the essentials of user acceptance testing. See the steps project managers must follow to validate software with end ...

Here is a collection of content on unit testing in embedded systems. Unit testing is the method of breaking software code into its basic units and testing the units separately to see that they each ...

Large enterprises must rigorously safeguard the quality of their mission-critical mainframe systems as digital demands drive them to develop and deploy mainframe code more quickly and frequently. With ...

Value stream management involves people in the organization to examine workflows and other processes to ensure they are deriving the maximum value from their efforts while eliminating waste — of ...

When it comes to embedded engineering, toolchains are the worst. Getting a new toolchain up and running correctly is often hard, and often prone to breaking when the IDE or other software is upgraded.