It is Valentine’s Day this week. It is that time when we reflect, appreciate, and celebrate the one we love. While Valentine’s Day is often associated with relationships that are romantic in nature, the holiday incorporates other relationships nonplatonic in nature as well. Children give valentines to their teachers and classmates. Many people send gifts and cards of appreciation and love for parents or grandparents. There is even a growing trend for ladies to celebrate “Galentines” Day in which ladies celebrate their friendships with their nearest and dearest gals.
At Xcelacore, we love business-driven technologies, especially software development, DevOps, and quality assurance testing. Our infatuation with these got us thinking about how these technologies depend on the associated relationships with one another. Although these components certainly don’t experience romantic or even platonic love, they do depend on one another. So, we wanted to take a look at the close relationship between DEV, QA, and DevOps in honor of Valentine’s Day.
QA Helps Complete Dev and DevOps
In the iconic movie from the 1990s, Jerry Maguire cites the infamous line to Dorothy, “I love you. You complete me.” We all want to feel complete, and software is no different. Without QA, a software application may never come to its completed fruition thanks to bugs. QA completes the development process by eliminating mistakes and bugs, thus improving the quality of the code.
QA makes Dev and DevOps better
It is a beautiful thing to fall in love with someone who makes you a better person. QA makes your code better. Better code brings higher value for the business that uses it. That value then touches the lives of multiple stakeholders, improving their lives in little ways along the way.
QA and Dev work towards long term goals
Couples are always making dreams together; the dream vacation one day, the house they plan to build, the children they plan to raise. Companies and developers have long term goals, as well. They dream of creating software that will solve problems, generate greater efficiencies, and create recognized value. QA walks side by side with the developer, working towards the goal of seeing their software creation released to the world.
QA and DevOps share incremental victories
While successful marriages share common long term goals, it is the shared intricacies of daily life that bring them closer together. They work together to get the kids through school, make date nights, and help one another through sickness and worry. QA plays an integral role in the culture of DevOps. Whether it is creating code for a new application feature or merely modifying a navigation button, QA and DevOps work hand in hand to ensure that every incremental release is the best that it can be.
QA helps challenge development
Many people, both women, and men want a partner who will challenge them, for it is when you are challenged, that you grow. You may have the most exceptional team of developers on the planet, but they aren’t perfect. QA serves as that second set of discerning eyes to examine all of their written code for bugs and inefficiencies. This will make your developers better, which leads to better code and better results.
The sum is more significant than its parts
A great couple is defined by two people who work cohesively as a team. They both have a role in the relationship, yet they accomplish more united together. QA is the ideal teammate for development and DevOps. They both have a different purpose, yet those two roles merge seamlessly together. In fact, the boundaries of QA and developer can become blurred in a DevOps environment. All parties on the team are dedicated to making the highest quality code possible in the quickest amount of time. In that way, the end product is better because of the collective effort of both parties.
The pairing of strengths and weaknesses
A healthy marriage is one in which each partner’s shortcomings are canceled out by the other’s strengths. There are not many programmers out there who enjoy testing code consistently, and that is ok. Your developers don’t have to when they are paired with a QA partner. All QA does is test code, and it is very good at it. This removes the burden of testing off the shoulders of your developers, allowing them to focus on what they do best- create great code.
Xcelacore plays Matchmaker
There are many ways to meet your soulmate. Some prefer online dating sites, while others prefer the traditional organic way of finding someone. This Valentine’s Day, think of Xcelacore as a matchmaker. In fact, think of us as Cupid. If your developing efforts require the introduction of that perfect partner, then we have the match. Our automated QA solutions are the ideal fit for your current development team. Xcelacore automated QA solutions can bring increased efficiency, improved accuracy and reliability, faster validation, and greater consistency to your coding projects. Quality assurance may not be the first thing you think of on Valentine’s Day, but providing QA solutions to our clients is something we think about every day of the year.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
