Tests should help development, not block it. Optimize them to keep you development cycle fast and stay competitive.
5-Step Strategy for Optimizing Slow Tests
9 Feb 2022 · Software Engineering
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Agile Coaching and the Samman Method with Emily Bache
8 Feb 2022 · Software Engineering
In this podcast episode, we sit down with Emily Bache, Technical Agile Coach, and talk about communication techniques and the Samman method.
How to Find and Eliminate Flaky Tests
3 Feb 2022 · Greatest Hits
A test that intermittently fails for no apparent reason iis called a flaky test.
Flaky tests become a serious problem when we’re not proactive about fixing them.
Run Bazel Build on Semaphore
1 Feb 2022 · Software Engineering
Semaphore provides out-of-the-box monorepo support. In this tutorial, we’ll discuss how to set up and run Bazel builds on Semaphore.
How to Introduce Your Engineering Team to CI/CD with Kris Buytaert
25 Jan 2022 · Software Engineering
In this episode, Darko Fabijan and Kris Buytaert talk about how to get DevOps budget, where tech education is headed, and what’s happening with conferences during COVID times.
Deploy Flutter (iOS) Apps to Testers using Firebase App Distribution with Semaphore
20 Jan 2022 · Greatest Hits
This article focuses on automating deployments for Flutter (iOS) apps using ad-hoc releases in App Distribution. Read it if you’re interested in implementing this for Android.
Jan Giacomelli on the Benefits of TDD
11 Jan 2022 · Software Engineering
In this podcast episode, we talk to Jan Giacomelli about the benefits of TDD, unit and flaky tests.
Feature Flags: A Gentle Introduction
4 Jan 2022 · Greatest Hits
If you can’t decide if testing in production is a foolish or a genius idea, this tutorial will definitely help.
Top 10 Semaphore Uncut Episodes in 2021
30 Dec 2021 · Software Engineering
From monorepos to browser testing, we covered a variety of topics on our Semaphore Uncut episodes in 2021. Here’s a list of the top 10 podcast episodes favored by our listeners
Architecting Scalable React Native Apps
28 Dec 2021 · Greatest Hits
Writing scalable React Native apps requires a good understanding of practices that can keep up as the size of your application grows. In this article, we will discuss a few tips to architect highly-scalable React Native apps.
The Past, Present and Future of Browser Testing with David Burns, Core Selenium Contributor
22 Dec 2021 · Software Engineering
In this podcast episode, I welcome David Burns, Core Selenium Contributor. We talk about the past, present and future of browser testing, how to eradicate flaky tests and why it’s important to invest more effort into testing pyramid.
Test-Driven Development (TDD): A Time-Tested Recipe for Quality Software
21 Dec 2021 · Greatest Hits
What is Test-Driven Development (TDD)? Explore its history, relationship to testing, and the benefits you can get from it.
Change Management for Containers
8 Dec 2021 · Software Engineering
Change is inevitable, and while commits on Dockerfiles are easy to control, the impact of those changes on the resulting image are not. Fortunately, where there’s a need, there’s a tool.
Under the Hood of Replit with Amjad Masad
7 Dec 2021 · Software Engineering
In this podcast episode, I welcome Amjad Masad, co-founder and CEO of Replit, the collaborative browser-based IDE. We talk about how Replit started, the technologies behind the product, but also how accessible tools change lives and help to make programming a passion.
Continuous Integration for Flutter Apps on iOS with Semaphore
2 Dec 2021 · Software Engineering
The CI philosophy encourages developers to automate testing and merging commits in a single project. In this article, you will learn how to set up a CI pipeline for your Flutter apps in iOS using Semaphore.