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Comparing the Selenium and Cypress Testing Frameworks

Automated testing for web apps has been around for well over a decade. For much of that time, Selenium has reigned supreme as the go-to testing framework for virtually any type of testing need that involves a browser-based app. But as the world of test automation continues to evolve, newer tools have emerged. Chief among them is Cypress, a testing framework that is becoming an increasingly popular alternative to Selenium. Is Selenium or Cypress a better choice for your automated testing needs?

New flexibility: Run your Dataprep jobs with BigQuery or Dataflow

Cloud Dataprep by Trifacta is Google Cloud’s intelligent data service for visually exploring, cleaning, and preparing structured and unstructured data for analytics and machine learning. Due to its serverless architecture, Dataprep does not need any infrastructure to deploy or manage, and is fully scalable.

Empowering Business Users to Shape the Future of Client Onboarding

Onboarding institutional clients is one of a financial services institution’s most critical functions, with direct implications for client experience, servicing, and relationships, that all significantly impact profits. What’s at stake during the onboarding process? Client loyalty, experience, referrals, and profitability. How many touch points across departments—front office, operations, risk, legal, credit, compliance, tax—can potentially elongate the onboarding process?

Too Many Data Engineers? How to Get the Right Balance

As companies grow and become more data-dependent, data engineers find themselves in huge demand. Employers are snapping up all the best data engineering talent they can find, and some businesses have invested in fast-track professional development paths for DBAs and other more junior data positions. But here’s the thing — data engineers work best when they’re part of a balanced team, just like every other professional. Some organizations overlook this point.

The 7 Biggest Software Tool Turnoffs: Find Out What Developers Hate Most About Your Tool

What are the most cringeworthy things about your software tools? To find out what customers hate the most, we surveyed 350+ developers and data science professionals to better understand the pain points of the tools they use. Specifically, we looked at what is their biggest software tool turnoff? Then, we aggregated that information by which professional title they fall under.