While database testing is, in many ways, similar to other traditional application testing procedures, teams must confirm that they perform database tests frequently and thoroughly throughout the ...

A professional guide to Backend Automated Testing, covering Unit, Integration, Feature, Contract, E2E, Characterization, and ...

Applications come and go, but no one throws away a database. Databases are generally migrated, massaged and secured, but IT organizations rarely completely abandon them. Accordingly, testing a ...

Test Data Management helps QA teams use realistic, secure data to find defects, protect sensitive data, and improve release ...

Within IT, testing has matured as an industry. Many tools exist, and many IT shops have testing groups. But, often those testing groups are unable to assist on data-related projects. The heart of the ...

Many developers are tasked with writing unit tests as test-first design and development becomes commonplace, even on teams that aren't strictly practicing Agile methodologies. Test-driven development ...

How to use the InMemory provider in Entity Framework Core to test your methods without hitting the database or using fakes and mocks The InMemory database provider is an exciting feature in newer ...

You are creating a database from scratch for an application This application will have multiple siloed environments (PROD, TST, INT, DEV) Data from PROD will nightly be moved to the other environments ...

Before you try to try to get your Unix system collecting data from a database that someone else manages, you might want to run some simple tests from a Windows desktop. Yes, I said "Windows". If one ...