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Priyanka Dive

Nagraj Gornalli

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What is continuous testing?

Continuous testing is the process of executing test cases after new changes are deployed to the environment. In continuous testing, we evaluate deployments at every stage so that any bugs introduced in the existing code are reported earlier in the software development cycle. Software changes are continuously moved from the development to the test environment, and the testing team needs to test all the existing functionalities, along with new functionalities. Manual testing takes a longer time to complete, and feedback from the testing team is required to make further decisions about application delivery. Continuous testing helps us to get immediate feedback and makes the testing cycle easier. Having continuous testing in place reduces the business risk involved in releasing software with bugs:

Continuous testing is dein the preceding diagram. Whenever any new feature is developed by the development team, developers push code in a source code versioning system...

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Priyanka Dive

Priyanka Dive is a DevOps engineer with substantial experience of working in the IT field on various technologies, such as Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, AWS, and Azure. She has worked on big data projects as a system and DevOps administrator. She has worked on Salesforce projects and implemented DevOps practices for small and large projects as well. She's a constant learner with a desire to learn anything new, and hence enjoys doing a lot of tech POCs. She is also a technical blogger who loves to write on emerging technologies. She is currently working as a DevOps Engineer Consultant for a US-based firm.
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Nagraj Gornalli

Nagraj Gornalli is a Team Leader at Persistent Systems on Salesforce projects. He has more than eight years' experience in the IT field with different technologies. He has done many certifications' such as Salesforce Certified Administrator, Salesforce Certified Platform Developer, Salesforce Certified Sales Cloud Consultant, Data Integration Specialist, Advanced Apex Specialist, Data Integration Specialist, and cloud certified professional. He started as a trailblazer and is now ranked as a "Ranger" in trailhead.
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