In .NET software development, my understanding is that it refers to the setup of the environment in which the application will run such as any services that need to be registered or loaded.

Oct 16, 2016 · Alpah: The software is tested by development teams internally or a limited group of users Beta: Once the alpha test is done, the software can be moved into beta testing.

Jan 24, 2010 · A sandbox is an isolated testing environment that enables users to run programs or execute files without affecting the application, system, or platform on which they run. …

May 28, 2014 · Are there standard definitions for the terms alpha, beta and RC1 in software development? Asked 16 years, 11 months ago Modified 11 years, 6 months ago Viewed 4k times

Mar 20, 2013 · Does anyone use a rule of thumb basis to estimate the effort required for testing as a percentage of the effort required for development? And if so what percentage do you use?

I have been developing some software and want to give it version numbers. How do I do this? How is it that some software gets two versions like 1.3v1.1 or some have 3 numbers - 4.0.1 …

Software Process covers engineering standards, whereas the SDLC refers to the process used by the entire organization to get things done and keep things running.

For example, what does it mean in this quote? Integrating with an external API is almost a guarantee in any modern web app. To effectively test such integration, you need to stub it out. …

An SDK (software development kit) is a library or group of libraries (often with extra tool applications, data files and sample code) that aid you in developing code that uses a particular …

Anyone have any ideas on where to get a really nice collection of visio shapes, e.g for the following purposes: network diagrams shapes to show solution deployments any other fancy …