Background job processing is integral to modern software architecture. Background jobs allow resource-intensive tasks to be handled asynchronously, improving your application’s responsiveness and efficiency. You can use background processing for tasks such as sending emails, data processing, and batch jobs. If you were to run these synchronously, they could significantly degrade the user experience and system performance. Thus, most frameworks have libraries for running background jobs.

GitLab SAST is a combination of GitLab— an integrated solution that covers the entire DevOps lifecycle — and, Klocwork — a static code analysis and SAST tool. When used together, these tools provide software development teams with a powerful GitLab SAST solution. Here we explain the benefits of GitLab SAST.

In the ever-evolving world of software development, a well-defined test plan is the cornerstone of a successful Quality Assurance (QA) process. For QA professionals, testers, testers, and developers alike, a robust plan ensures comprehensive testing, minimizes risks, and ultimately delivers high-quality software. Traditionally, spreadsheets like Excel have been the go-to tool for crafting test plans. However, as projects grow in complexity, the limitations of spreadsheets become increasingly apparent.

The JSON Web Token (JWT) is an open standard that allows information to be transferred securely between different parties. The token is digitally signed by using a private key (HMAC) or a public/private key (RSA) by building a JSON Web Signature (JWS). It guarantees that the JWT hasn’t been modified since its creation.

In today's financial services landscape, the need for speed is paramount. Traditional financial processes are no longer sufficient to meet the demands of modern consumers and businesses. The synergy of three emerging technologies promises to expedite financial services processes: By implementing a data fabric, financial institutions can break down silos, enabling data to flow freely across the organization.

Welcome to the June 2024 edition of the Katalon product roundup! We’re excited to bring you the latest updates and features designed to enhance your testing experience and streamline your processes. In this release, we have some game-changing features across Katalon Studio, Katalon Recorder, and TestCloud. Let’s dive into the details!

Whether you’re an independent software vendor (ISV) or enterprise-sized company, you want the analytics software you invested in to enhance your users’ decision-making, open up greater access to key data, and improve operational performance for the long-term. However, continuously achieving these business outcomes requires a modern solution. Many organizations still rely on older business intelligence (BI) tools for reporting due to long-term licensing.

When building web applications in PHP, there may be times when you want to add metadata to annotate your code that can be read by other parts of your application. For example, if you've ever used PHPUnit to write tests for your PHP code, you'll have likely used the @test annotation to mark a method as a test in a DocBlock. Traditionally, annotations like this have been added to code using DocBlocks. However, as of PHP 8.0, you can use attributes instead to annotate your code in a more structured way.

The world of Generative AI (GenAI) is rapidly evolving, with a wide array of models available for businesses to leverage. These models can be broadly categorized into two types: closed-source (proprietary) and open-source models. Closed-source models, such as OpenAI’s GPT-4o, Anthropic’s Claude 3, or Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro, are developed and maintained by private and public companies.

Ably LiveSync is a product we launched last month to help developers deliver live updates in their applications by automatically keeping their database and frontend clients in sync. LiveSync is made of two components, the Models SDK that runs on the client, and the database connector that listens to changes in your database and syncs those changes to your clients.