In the modern development shop, back and front end developers are expected to do a lot more than they ever did before: tooling, unit testing and even functional testing. At the same time, the release cycles are reduced and the number of feature requests are increasing. Is it possible to maintain quality and performance with all these new burdens?

The answer is yes. It is possible, and some teams are already doing it. How?

Great tools allow more to be done with less effort, especially when QA and operations teams are transitioned or reduced and the responsibilities of development starts growing quickly. But a tools first approach can quickly become a problem.

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