Speed of fixing bugs holds back software deployment

Developers want to deploy software releases faster, but the time taken to fix bugs is holding them back according to new research. A survey for cloud testing platform Sauce Labs carried out by Dimensional Research reveals that 28 percent of those surveyed say they want to deploy hourly (up from 18 percent in 2016). Last year only eight percent said they were not deploying as fast as they wanted to, but that percentage has nearly doubled to 14 percent this year. However, the survey also reveals the ability to fix bugs once they've been identified is holding things back. No… [Continue Reading]