Tag: Quality Assurance

Announcing General Availability of Amazon CodeCatalyst

April 22, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

We are pleased to announce that Amazon CodeCatalyst is now generally available. CodeCatalyst is a unified software development service that brings together everything teams need to get started planning, coding, building, testing, and deploying applications on AWS. CodeCatalyst was designed to make it easier for…

Multi-Architecture Container Builds with CodeCatalyst

April 20, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

AWS Graviton Processors are designed by AWS to deliver the best price performance for your cloud workloads running in Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Amazon CodeCatalyst recently added support to run workflow actions using on-demand or pre-provisioned compute powered by AWS Graviton processors. Customers…

Unit Testing AWS Lambda with Python and Mock AWS Services

March 23, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

When building serverless event-driven applications using AWS Lambda, it is best practice to validate individual components.  Unit testing can quickly identify and isolate issues in AWS Lambda function code.  The techniques outlined in this blog demonstrates unit test techniques for Python-based AWS Lambda functions and…

Integrating with GitHub Actions – Amazon CodeGuru in your DevSecOps Pipeline

March 22, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Many organizations have adopted DevOps practices to streamline and automate software delivery and IT operations. A DevOps model can be adopted without sacrificing security by using automated compliance policies, fine-grained controls, and configuration management techniques. However, one of the key challenges customers face is analyzing…

Maintaining Code Quality with Amazon CodeCatalyst Reports

February 22, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Amazon CodeCatalyst reports contain details about tests that occur during a workflow run. You can create tests such as unit tests, integration tests, configuration tests, and functional tests. You can use a test report to help troubleshoot a problem during a workflow. Introduction In prior posts…

5+ Secrets Time Estimation Hints in Project Management

February 16, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Having a clear understanding of time estimation is integral for successful project management. With the right technique, you can be confident that your estimates are exact and valuable to you and your team. Time estimation is the skill of predicting accurately how long a task…

Using Workflows to Build, Test, and Deploy with Amazon CodeCatalyst

January 29, 2023 By Mark Otto Off

Amazon CodeCatalyst workflows are continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines that enable you to easily build, test and deploy applications. CodeCatalyst was announced at re:Invent 2022 and is currently in preview. Introduction: I recently read The Unicorn Project, the follow-up to the bestselling title The Phoenix…