CST 438 - Week 5

    After completing assignment 3, I have developed a better understanding of the peer review process. I have become more familiar with the steps I need to take before approving pull requests and merging them into the main branch. Previously, I had not put any of the pull requests I had reviewed into an accept state, but now I understand the importance of formally accepting pull requests and following a structured review process. Overall, the experience I have gained from this has helped me become more comfortable with collaborating with others. Additionally from this week’s reading materials, I have gained insight into large scale testing and the thought process behind it. Given an issue, I have a better idea of how a test engineer may address it, depending on the data they are working with and the system under test.

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