Naomi Todd: Put it to the test

Testing, testing...

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Naomi Todd runs through the testing process for new adviser software before it gets anywhere near the end-user...

As my colleague Luke covered in our last article, as a software development team, we work collaboratively with a process of checks in place to make sure any new code is thoroughly reviewed before it goes live. Not only do we conduct reviews of each other's code changes within our source control system to cast a second pair of eyes over our implementation, but we also work with our QA (Quality Assurance) to perform further testing before a change is marked as ‘ready for release'. I know what you're thinking, why do we spend time writing more code, just to check our original code? 1. Vali...

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