Quality Assurance and the different application environments

In order to guarantee quality software solutions, it is fundamental to have different environments, each with it's purpose.
The QA testes performed in each environment also vary, and should be applied to each environment, in order to ensure the best quality in the product.

Brian Borg lists the typical application environments used in software solutions, and stresses the different types of testing each requires.

Here are the different environments listed:

Local Environment 

Targeted for the individual Developer

Development Environment 

Targeted for the Development team

QA Environment

Targeted for the QA team

Staging/ Pre-Production Environment

Targeted for the Development  and QA team

Production Environment

Targeted for the end-user

Here's the full article: https://onpathtesting.com/understanding-app-environments-for-software-quality-assurance/

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