The topic of this IBM i DevOps TechTalk podcast is “Testing Tools.” It features Jeff Tickner, Ray Bernardi and Alan Ashley as they discuss the importance of testing as we strive to ‘shift left,’ how to get started, methodologies, tools, and how testing can be automated and incorporated into your DevOps workflow. Listen in as the team shares key tips for success:
- Making testing more efficient with tools
- Take small steps
- Shift left – start with Unit testing
- Code free testing – use JUnit framework
- Create a process to manage test data
- ARCAD tools to make this all easier
Listen to the Podcast
Our Hosts
Alan Ashley
Solution Architect, ARCAD Software
Alan has been in support and promotion of the IBM i platform for over 30 years and is the Presales Consultant for DevOps on IBM i role with ARCAD Software. Prior to joining ARCAD Software, he spent many years in multiple roles within IBM from supporting customers through HA to DR to Application promotion to migrations of the IBM i to the cloud. In those roles, he saw first hand the pains many have with Application Lifecycle Management, modernization, and data protection. His passion in those areas fits right in with the ARCAD suite of products.
Ray Bernardi
Senior Consultant, ARCAD Software
Ray is a 30-year IT veteran and currently a Pre/Post Sales technical Support Specialist for ARCAD Software, international ISV and IBM Business Partner. He has been involved with the development and sales of many cutting edge software products throughout his career, with specialist knowledge in Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) products from ARCAD Software covering a broad range of functional areas including enterprise IBM i modernization and DevOps.
Jeff Tickner
DevOps Consultant, ARCAD Software
Jeff Tickner is CTO, North America for ARCAD Software. He has worked in the Application Lifecyle Management sector on the IBM i for 22 years. He leads client engagements in product implementation and training, including ARCAD for DevOps, ARCAD Transformer for application modernization, and ARCAD Verifier test automation. Jeff lends his expertise in the DevTestOps field as frequent speaker at conferences around the world.