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Blog posts tagged
"testing"

Igor Ljubuncic
16 September 2021

Snap Performance Skunk Works – Ensuring speed and consistency for snaps

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Snaps are used on desktop machines, servers and IoT devices. However, it’s the first group that draws the most attention and scrutiny. Due to the graphic nature of desktop applications, users are often more attuned to potential problems and issues that may arise in the desktop space than with command-line tools or software running in ...

Alex Chalkias
21 July 2021

How to test the latest Kubernetes 1.22 release candidate with MicroK8s

Cloud and server Ubuntu tech blog

Today, the Kubernetes community made the 1.22 release candidate available, a few weeks ahead of general availability, planned for August the 4th. We invite developers, platform engineers and cloud tech enthusiasts to experiment with the new features, report back findings and bugs. MicroK8s is the easiest way to get up and running with the ...

Alex Chalkias
27 March 2021

Call for testing: Kubernetes 1.21 release candidate

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Today, Kubernetes upstream made the 1.21 release candidate available for download and experimentation ahead of general availability, which will come later in April. Woohoo! We would love to get your feedback ahead of the general release and hear about any bugs or issues you find. Or, if you just want to give the bleeding edge ...

Ted Kern
14 September 2020

An Introduction to Testing Robot Code

Robotics Ubuntu tech blog

The myriad of different fields that make up robotics makes QA practices difficult to settle on. Field testing is the go-to, since a functioning robot is often proof enough that a system is working. But online tests are slow. The physical environment must be set up. The entire system has to be in a workable ...

Canonical
11 August 2020

Kubernetes 1.19 release candidate available for testing

Canonical announcements Ubuntu tech blog

The Kubernetes 1.19 release candidate is now available for download and experimentation ahead of general availability later this month. You can try it now with MicroK8s. To get the latest Kubernetes on your machine, install MicroK8s and get a lightweight, zero-ops K8s cluster in no time: sudo snap install microk8s –channel=1.19/candidate ...

Jeff Pihach
10 February 2020

Testing your user contract

Design Ubuntu tech blog

Whenever you write any code that is to be consumed by another, whether it be a library or some UI element, that consumer expects it to work in a certain way every time they interact with it. All good developers would agree and that’s why we also write tests that either break our code up ...

Anthony Dillon
30 October 2013

Cloud sprint: what I’ve learned about testing and code reviews

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

I was recently asked to attend a cloud sprint in San Francisco as a front-end developer for the new Juju GUI product. I had the pleasure of finally meeting the guys that I have collaboratively worked with and ultimately been helped by on the project. Here is a collection of things I learnt during my ...

Canonical
2 March 2012

About Usability Testing – Recruiting

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Every three months, I conduct benchmark usability testing.  I’m calling these tests ‘benchmark testing’ because the aim of these sessions is to measure our progress towards achieving a great user experience with Ubuntu.  Last testing took place in October 2011.  I am now preparing for testing 12.04 to take place a couple of weeks from ...

Canonical
2 March 2012

Testing, testing, testing. It prints!

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Back in 2008 Nick Ellery noticed that the default printer test page used more ink that it really needed to: Bug #298935 (“test print uses far too much ink”). Millions and millions of these pages get printed every year, so any saving in ink will be amplified. In addition, it still had the pre-2010 Ubuntu ...

Canonical
4 August 2011

Thunderbird & Evolution Usability Testing

Ubuntu Ubuntu tech blog

Recently we hired an external consultant to compare the usability of 2 email clients: Thunderbird and Evolution. I have taken some highlights from the report to compose this blog. Setting of the usability session The sessions took place in early June at the Canonical Office in London. Thirty participants were recruited. All of them used ...