Summary

Adapter QA is not a small task that can be finished in a day or two at the end of the development cycle. It needs careful planning, a proper testing environment, a comprehensive test data suite, and a host of test cases. All this requires time and resources that are in addition to the development resources.

Platform compliance and application compliance are separate tasks, and must be part of adapter testing. Vendor certification may be useful for boosting the confidence levels and trust in third-party components. Whether the adapters are built in-house or bought from an adapter vendor, a comprehensive adapter QA plan is required to ensure its long-term stability and robustness in a production environment.

Some platform and application ...

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