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SAP key users need LiveCompare, not hypercare

What’s the most common strategy for testing an SAP application change — be it a custom update, a service pack or an emergency fix? Don’t test the change at all! OK, let me back up – this provocative statement is not entirely accurate. Most organizations do some testing of their SAP applications. When an update needs to be deployed into production, they make their key users test it.

Fused testing pushes teams closer to continuous integration

You’ve heard from us about fused testing before, and get ready to hear more. Fused testing is a methodology that goes beyond just executing manual and automated testing frameworks. (Though it does do that exceptionally well.) Fused testing is also a big push toward continuous integration (CI). Yes, that CI/CD pipeline.

Docker Tutorial: How to Create and Run Helix QAC as a Container

In this Docker tutorial, you will learn how to create and run Helix QAC as a containerized image. The basic definition of Docker is an open-source and popular operating-system-level virtualization (commonly known as “containerization”) technology that is lightweight, portable, and primarily runs on Linux and Windows. Docker makes it easier to create, deploy, and run applications by using containers.

Regression Testing: A Definitive Guide

Regression testing involves repeatedly evaluating an upgraded web app, software program, or system's existing functionalities as we went through Regression Testing Challenges and Best Practices in a previous post. Testers use it to verify an app's live and new features operate properly. Under regression testing, the quality analyst evaluates current features' functional and non-functional aspects for defects and mistakes.