Lights out, testing on. How test automation keeps WFH teams productive.
Over the past few months, we have learned the new way of life. Although I am personally in favor of getting a team together in a room to brainstorm a solution to a problem, I was surprised to see the productivity achieved even without a single trip to work and/or customer sites. In a way, we have automated all work tools to keep us sprinting forward in these dire times. Imagine what would have happened if we did not have smartphones and apps to order grocery, fast food, and services during the pandemic days.
On hindsight, this is not new. Our experience working with the networking ecosystem right from ASICs, to NEMs to hyperscalers exposed us to this for years. Software defined networking (SDN) is a classic example of this trend. The move to disaggregation has commoditized networking components. Abstracting hardware from software has been a key for faster pace of software development, leading to more innovation in networking. One of the enablers for fast paced, agile development is continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD). An integral step for a CI/CD pipeline to be successful is continuous test.
DevOps enablers like Jenkins, Git, and array of other tools can then integrate to all Keysight NAS tools to facilitate CI/CT/CD. The entire flow begins with the user pushing in new code changes for his application he is testing as part of CI, it then goes into the pipeline test stages, and ultimately produces a software lifecycle of continuous delivery. It is not only important to have the right test tools for doing the job, but to consider how those tools can fit into your CI/CT/CD pipeline. To know more about how Keysight tools can help you overcome the challenge, check out these resources for further reading: