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- Can testing be done in production environment?
- What is production test data?
- Should you test in production environment?
- Is production data used for testing?
Can testing be done in production environment?
What is testing in production? Testing in production (TIP) is a software development practice in which new code changes are tested on live user traffic rather than in a staging environment. It is one of the testing practices found in continuous delivery.
What is production test data?
Production test data is a copy of a production database that has been masked, or obfuscated, and subsetted to represent a portion of the database that is relevant to a test case. Production test data is frequently accompanied by a test data management (TDM) system to prepare, control and use the data.
Should you test in production environment?
It naturally tests the way users use your application. Testing in the production environment, when performed daily, reduces the risk in deployments when you monitor your application in real-time.
Is production data used for testing?
Using production data to generate test data is less expensive than manual methods and it provides the legitimacy, validity, complexity, shape and timeliness that are necessary for truly robust testing of mission-critical systems. sensitive, production-quality data and make it available for testing.
