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Problem scenario
You have a Red Hat distribution of Linux (e.g., CentOS/RHEL/Fedora). How do you install SonarQube?
Solution
Prerequisites
Install the Java Development Kit so you can later take advantage of plugins. If you need assistance with this, see this link.
Procedures
For future reference, at some point the “9.6”s you see below will have to be incremented to a newer version of PostgreSQL.
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Updated 2/10/22
Answer
DevSecOps is the integration of security practices with DevOps. DevOps may be a culture of automation (as Stackify says), a blend of disciplines (development and operations), or a key word in a job title (e.g., DevOps Engineer or DevOps Architect). DevSecOps seeks to rapidly integrate security measures into development and operations and avoid security specialists working in separate and relatively isolated teams.
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Question
Will current trends in DevOps and automation affect the role SDETs play?
Answer
If you want a definition of an SDET (and its etymology), see this posting. (As of 9/2/19, Wikipedia has no definition of the job title SDET.) If you Google the phrase “devops venn diagram” for images you will not see pictures of merely two overlapping circles with one circle representing “development” and another representing “operations.” You will see DevOps in the middle of an intersection of three circles — one of the circles is also QA!
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Question
What is an SDET and where did the term originate?
Answer
The book How We Test Software at Microsoft says that the formal title for a software tester at Microsoft is “Software Development Engineer in Test, or SDET” (page 23). This SDET acronym (free of punctuation) was adopted in 2005 (page 24 of the above referenced book). Microsoft’s adoption of SDET gave this acronym recognition and serious meaning given the company’s leadership in the industry.
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Problem scenario
You want to learn more about QA automation tools. What do you do?
Solution
The DevOps Zone web page has an article entitled “Top 10 Testing Automation Tools for Software Testing.” For people who are unfamiliar with QA-related technologies, they may not recognize the names of the companies behind the tools except HP. Many companies rely on HP’s QA tools despite the fact that HP may sell its software development tools business unit to a different company.
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