Integration Testing Timer-Triggered Precompiled v2 Azure Functions

3rd of December, 2018 / / No Comments

In a recent post, I described a way to run integration tests against precompiled C# Azure Functions using the v2 runtime. In that post, we looked at an example of invoking an HTTP-triggered function from within an integration test.

Of course, there are plenty of other triggers available for Azure Functions too. Recently I needed to write an integration test against a timer-triggered function and decided to investigate the best way to do this.

The Azure Functions runtime provides a convenient API for invoking a timer-trigger function.… [Keep reading] “Integration Testing Timer-Triggered Precompiled v2 Azure Functions”

Integration Testing Precompiled v2 Azure Functions

8th of November, 2018 / / 1 Comment

Azure Functions code can often contain important functionality that needs to be tested. The two most common ways of testing code are unit testing and integration testing. Unit testing runs pieces of code in isolation, and this is relatively simple to do with Azure Functions. Integration testing can be a little trickier though, and I haven’t found any good documentation about how do this with version 2 of the Functions runtime. In this post I’ll outline the approach I’m using to run integration tests against my Azure Functions v2 code.… [Keep reading] “Integration Testing Precompiled v2 Azure Functions”

Standard Operational Checks for IT Service Management Processes – Once Implemented

10th of June, 2018 / / No Comments

Why Operational Process Checks are Required in Service Management?

  • In order to sustain and measure how effectively we are executing our processes, we require to have process operational checks once implemented.
  • This will allow us to identify inefficiencies and subsequently to improve the current Service Management processes.
  • These checks will also provide input into Continual Service Improvement (CSI) Programme.

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Operational Checks for Service Management Processes – Once Implemented

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Standard Guidelines

  • The operational process checks will be managed by IT Service Management
  • Through process governance meetings, agreement can be established on who will update a section of a process or the whole document.
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Proactive Problem Management – Benefits and Considerations

17th of May, 2018 / / No Comments

IT Service Management – Proactive Problem Management

The goal of Proactive Problem Management is to prevent Incidents by identifying weaknesses in the IT infrastructure and applications, before any issues have been instigated.

Benefits

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  • Greater system stability – This leads to increased user satisfaction.
  • Increased user productivity – This adds to a sizable productivity gain across the enterprise.
  • Positive customer feedback – When we proactively approach users who have been experiencing issues and offer to fix their problems the feedback will be positive.
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Cosmos DB Server-Side Programming with TypeScript – Part 5: Unit Testing

13th of February, 2018 / / 4 Comments

Over the last four parts of this series, we’ve discussed how we can write server-side code for Cosmos DB, and the types of situations where it makes sense to do so. If you’re building a small sample application, you now have enough knowledge to go and build out UDFs, stored procedures, and triggers. But if you’re writing production-grade applications, there are two other major topics that need discussion: how to unit test your server-side code, and how to build and deploy it to Cosmos DB in an automated and predictable manner.… [Keep reading] “Cosmos DB Server-Side Programming with TypeScript – Part 5: Unit Testing”

Tools for Testing Webhooks

7th of June, 2017 / / 2 Comments

In a microservices environment, APIs are the main communication methods between services. Most of time each API merely sends a request and wait for its response. But there are definitely cases that need longer period to complete the requests. Even some cases stop processing at some stage until they get a signal to continue. Those are not uncommon in the API world. However, implementing those features might be a little bit tricky because most APIs use HTTP protocol, which are basically web-based applications that have timeout constraints.… [Keep reading] “Tools for Testing Webhooks”

Testing Azure Functions in Emulated Environment with ScriptCs

5th of September, 2016 / / 2 Comments

In the previous post, Azure Functions Deployment Strategies, we have briefly looked several ways to deploy Azure Functions codes. In this post, I’m going to walk through how we can test Azure Functions codes on developers’ local machine.

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We need to know how to run test code scripts using ScriptCs. We’re not going too much details how to install ScriptCs here. Instead, we assume that we have ScriptCs installed on our local machine.… [Keep reading] “Testing Azure Functions in Emulated Environment with ScriptCs”

Testing your mobile app – plan ahead before it’s too late

10th of November, 2014 / / 1 Comment

More than ever before, organisations are now preparing themselves to engage with their customers not only to attract business but also to get to know them better. This proliferation of information makes it possible to personalise user experience for a targeted audience. Building your own Mobile App is a great medium to achieve that. But be cautious – a poorly rated app can ruin everything!

The inspiration for this blog is a piece of work that we did for one of our customer few months back.… [Keep reading] “Testing your mobile app – plan ahead before it’s too late”

TDD for Mobile Development – Part 1

29th of June, 2014 / / 5 Comments

TDD for Mobile Development – Part 1
1. Unit Testing of Platform-Specific Code in Mobile Development.
2. Portable IoC (Portable.TinyIoC) for Mobile Development
3. Mobile Test-Driven Development – Running your unit tests from your IDE

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This post aims at exploring the best practices in terms of code quality and testability for mobile development.
It is part of a series that talks about Unit and Integration Testing in the Mobile space. In particular, I focus on Android and iOS.… [Keep reading] “TDD for Mobile Development – Part 1”

Effective Testing: Demystifying improvement and efficiency

24th of June, 2014 / / No Comments

If you have recently finished a system implementation or a large scale transformation work, you must be familiar with the phrase ‘test process efficiency’ and wondered what this refers to. But unlike the older days, just the delivery of a test function does not suffice the need for quality management. Increasingly organisations are looking for improved and optimised processes rather than being bound by the red lines of a traditional testing regime.

There are few key pillars that drive the test efficiency in any organisation, often these are called the ‘levers of testing function’ in a software implementation lifecycle.… [Keep reading] “Effective Testing: Demystifying improvement and efficiency”