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9. A Culture of Automation and Continual Testing

Charles Edge1  and Rich Trouton2
(1)
Minneapolis, MN, USA
(2)
Middletown, MD, USA
 

Apple is on an annual release cycle for operating systems. Apple has a new point release in beta pretty much at all times. And there’s a new version of Firefox released every 18 minutes (or what seems like 18 minutes). This means that the next thing is always around the corner. And to compound problems, rather than pushing updates to computers and iOS devices, updates are now automatic. With a major OS release and three or more point releases per year, it’s time to get a solid plan for how to always ...

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