Microsoft's Project Springfield helps developers test their software

Microsoft has just announced that it will be releasing the first preview of its new cloud-based tool called Project Springfield. It has been designed to aid developers in spotting "million dollar bugs" in their Windows applications before launch. The reason the company is making Project Springfield available to Windows developers is to save them from the "costly effort" of having to release patches to fix broken software after it has already been made public. The new service, which is Azure-based, enables developers to find bugs in their apps through the use of fuzz testing and artificial intelligence (AI). Fuzz testing… [Continue Reading]