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Establish a Code Ownership Loop with Collaborator and Bugsnag

This blog is derived from the webinar, “Accelerate Releases Through Code Ownership with Collaborator and Bugsnag”, focused on establishing a culture of code ownership and its benefits through the lens of the SmartBear tools Collaborator and Bugsnag. Taking a line from the SmartBear 2021 Annual State of Software Quality Report: "Quality is top of the mind for every individual and every team.

Safety and Security for Medical Devices with New U.S. House of Representatives Legislation

Inspired by an article from Jim Dempsey, lecturer at the UC Berkeley Law School and a senior policy advisor at the Stanford Cyber Policy Center, I decided to write about the recent legislation approved by the U.S. House of Representatives to address cybersecurity for medical devices and how it relates to open source software security, secure code standards, and static analysis.

Understanding Type Checking in JavaScript Using typeof

In JavaScript, the type checking operator typeof returns the data type of the argument that was supplied to it. Any variable, function, or object whose type you want to determine using the typeof operator can be used as the operand. The typeof operator can be used to check the data type before execution because JavaScript is a dynamically typed language, which means that you do not need to define the type of variables when declaring them.

How one telehealth app scaled with healthcare software testing

As the rapid digitization of healthcare grows, telehealth apps face a unique challenge in delivering continuous care on familiar devices. The demand for telehealth apps only compounds the need for healthcare software testing to ensure a great user experience while scaling quickly and efficiently. Partnering with a crowdsourced testing vendor opens up immediate access to coverage for devices and locations, accelerated testing velocity, zero operational overhead, and increased ROI.

Producing JMeter Tests from OpenAPI

Swagger in conjunction with OpenAPI is a way for REST API’s to be build, documented and consumed. It is defined in either YAML or JSON. OpenAPI and Swagger are both open source, and their use is commonplace amongst development teams and can make the life of a performance tester a lot easier as it allows us to build JMeter tests directly from the definition of the endpoints. The object of this post is to look at how we can produce JMeter tests directly from a Swagger definition.

Challenges of Textual Data and the Progression of Textual Analytics

In the beginning, simple systems collected data, wrote data to files, and created reports. For the most part, these systems operated on transaction-based data—bank deposits, sales, telephone calls, and the like. An entire infrastructure supported these essential business systems, but there was little or no place for text. All data was highly and tightly structured, and text was ignored.

Four Challenges Facing the Life Sciences Industry in 2020

New breakthroughs in drug development are leading to groundbreaking results that could change lives in 2022 and beyond. However, at the dawn of a new decade, there are major challenges facing the industry that could prevent this innovation revolution. With the rising costs and increasing complexities involved in bringing products to market, life sciences organizations are re-examining their business operations and technology adoption.