For a company like Semaphore that consists of small and agile teams where every individual counts, finding the right engineers is crucial to success.
Category: Software Engineering
10 Books Every Senior Engineer Should Read
Engineers are natural readers. At Semaphore, we’ve picked our favorite books. We hope you like them too.
Behavior-Driven Development
BDD is a logical step forward in the evolution of the practice of software development. This article explains the concept and its origins.
The Testing Pyramid: How to Structure Your Test Suite
Explore different ways of organizing the test suite including testing pyramid, testing matrix and testing trophy.
A Deep Dive into Unit Testing
Testing is a significant part of software development, and unit tests are fundamental. Learn how unit testing can help you improve code quality and speed up development.
Do You Need to Test Everything?
Tests enforce requirements and provide feedback, telling us when something breaks. But are they always necessary?
Smoke Testing Keeps Your Delivery Pipeline Safe and Sound
Explore the origins of smoke testing and learn how to incorporate it into your continuous integration or continuous delivery pipelines.
The 6 Principles of Test Automation
Test automation allows developers to get continuous feedback and spot problems very early in the production cycle. Quick iteration results in improved design, better quality, and safer launches.
How to Introduce Testing in Teams and Companies
Learn how the introduction of testing practices in companies can improve product quality and production efficiency.
The Economics of TDD
TDD can help you accelerate development and reduce costs over a project’s lifecycle.
9 Ways To Make Slow Tests Faster
At Semaphore, we’ve seen our fair share of tests and have identified 9 ways to make your slow tests faster.
Introducing Self-Hosted Agents
With Semaphore’s Self-Hosted Agents, you can build your own CI/CD platform behind the security of your company’s firewall. Learn more and sign up for a private beta.
Getting Integration Testing Right
Integration testing might not be as popular as unit testing. But with the right tools and CI/CD environments, integration testing can become as straightforward as unit testing.
5-Step Strategy for Optimizing Slow Tests
Tests should help development, not block it. Optimize them to keep you development cycle fast and stay competitive.
What is a Flaky Test? How to Fix Flaky Tests?
Randomly failing tests are the hardest to debug. Here’s a system you can use to fix them and keep your test suite healthy.