SmartBear

Somerville, MA, USA
2009
  |  By Jessie Eteng
Here at SmartBear, our motto is that quality isn’t just the goal, it’s the whole point. The software development process is intricate and dynamic, with constant changes being made to meet evolving user requirements and address defects. However, with these changes come potential risks. One of the most significant challenges in software development is ensuring that making modifications to an application does not inadvertently break existing functionality.
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SmartBear elevates collaboration with AWS, driving streamlined developer solutions for AWS customers worldwide.
  |  By Conna Walsh
Apple’s App Store has undergone significant changes recently, and savvy iOS developers are working hard to stay ahead of the curve. Together, the recent implementation of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulations in the EU and App Store Review Guidelines will reshape the iOS application landscape. While some of these changes pose exciting opportunities, others demand rapid and proactive adaptation.
  |  By Maggie Bean
In today's dynamic software development landscape, efficient and scalable test management is crucial for ensuring the quality and reliability of software products. Jira, a popular project management tool, offers a robust solution for test management through its integration with Zephyr Scale. In this blog post, we’ll explore the high-level importance of reusability features in test management and how they contribute to scaling your testing efforts.
  |  By Ariel DiFelice
Ever faced frustrating API documentation? Or wrestled with versioning headaches? Or battled integration nightmares? These are just some of the common challenges that plague the API development world. The good news is that there's a better way. By prioritizing five key areas – design clarity, comprehensive documentation, developer empathy, robust security, and automated workflows – you can overcome these hurdles and craft APIs that are a joy to use, maintain, and integrate with.
  |  By McKenzie Tucci
The concept of time-to-market has emerged as a pivotal factor in determining success. Bringing new products, services, or features to market can make the crucial difference between seizing opportunities and falling behind. But faster tech advancements, changing consumer preferences, and global market dynamics meant that businesses need a paradigm shift in their approach to strategy. The adoption of APIs has surged, fundamental to rapid development and innovation.
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SmartBear welcomes Jenn McAuliffe to lead enterprise sales and deliver unparalleled customer value to software development teams.
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Strategic acquisition of Reflect strengthens SmartBear's AI capabilities, enabling customers to further quality, speed, and visibility, transforming the SDLC.
  |  By Dan Faulkner
As SmartBear's Chief Product Officer, I'm thrilled about our acquisition of Reflect, a Generative AI-powered no-code testing platform. Here's why: This is just the beginning of an exciting new chapter, and we can't wait to see the innovative solutions we build together.
  |  By Jessie Eteng
Development teams need to stay competitive, and API practitioners are using all sorts of protocols to get the job done. There are always newly emerging methodologies, protocols, and frameworks to meet business demands. Our State of Software Quality | 2023 API Tools and Trends report uncovered that not only is there a rise in microservices, we’re seeing an increase in APIs supporting Events and Messaging.
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Solutions Architect Joe Joyce talks about some approaches for teams who want to scale their contract testing to the next level.
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Joe talks about some of the advantages of moving form SOAPUI to the professional version , ReadyAPI.
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Joe shares some SE tips on improving API regression tests.
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Joe talks about some of the reasons your team might want to move from open source Swagger to SwaggerHub.
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In this video, Frank Kilcommins from SmartBear and our special guest, José Haro Peralta, author of "Microservice APIs" demonstrate practical steps, workflow tricks, and the essential tools you need to beef up your API security, from start to finish, including design and development. They recap on the initial Security-By-Design session, to cover OWASP Risks, AuthNZ nuances, Common Design Vulnerabilities before going on a Hands-On walkthrough delivering an API with security in mind from the get go!
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With Visual testing you can now add AI powered visual checks to your tests.
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How to expand your testing coverage using external data sources in Test Complete.
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In this video Mike talks about using variables in your testing.
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Embark on a journey of streamlined test management in Jira with Zephyr Squad Cloud! Our in-depth walkthrough shows Squad's core test planning and execution tools. Elevate your testing game with seamless automation using BDD and CI tool integrations. Uncover valuable insights into your progress through essential reporting tools.
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Check out episode 7 in our SwaggerHub Explore regular update series on #APIExploration! In this episode, Frank and Temil walk through the details of the new “Share Spaces” feature and show case how to utilize either the UI or CLI to improve team collaboration around #APIs.
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Now, more than ever, the success of your business hinges on your ability to ensure a quality Web experience for both internal and external users. We're not talking about just design, either. Your customers are demanding fast access to quality Web content that displays properly on any mobile or web device of their choosing. Download this eBook, and see if you're running the right tests to be sure your website is adapting.
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We rely on APIs for critical aspects of our digital infrastructure. Much like the nails that connect and support a house's foundation, APIs ensure that the necessary parts of your digital network are connected. Understanding how they are behaving is vital to gain full visibility into the performance and availability of your digital assets.
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We've all heard the stories about the overnight sensation that took decades to achieve. The "API Revolution" has that same feel to me. Some version of APIs has been at the heart of application development for many years, but as the web application world grew more and more connected and developers learned to leverage code built outside their own application, the API industry began to boom and flourish.
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Our AlertSite team supports businesses in monitoring and maintaining a stellar user-experience with accurate, actionable performance insights for web and mobile applications, websites, and APIs.
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When it comes to APIs, performance is just as important as accuracy. No matter how good the features and functionality of your application might be, if it performs poorly by crashing or loading slowly, your users will lose interest quickly. With this in mind, we've put together a comprehensive guide to the fundamentals of API load testing.
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Where do performance testing and monitoring fit into the Agile and DevOps development process? Implementing a process for improving the performance of your applications requires the right tools to help you do it. These tools go beyond the responsibilities of your development team to ensure that applications are tested in pre-deployment and monitored after your application is live in production. This eBook will provide the tactical advice you need to implement a strategy that works for your organization.
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Modern applications are developed, tested and delivered to end-users in ways that simply didn't exist five years ago. In order to meet increasingly high user expectations, businesses need to deliver higher quality software at a faster rate, and those that fail to do so will lose market share to competition that does.
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There are two primary techniques for monitoring web and mobile applications-synthetic monitoring, and real monitoring-each with very different capabilities, advantages and disadvantages. How do you know which technique to use?
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While APM solutions have been mitigating poor user experiences since the early 90s, only recently have these tools begun to deliver on the promise of proactively identifying and diagnosing performance issues before users are impacted-but they are still far from perfect. For starters, why the lack of unified functionality? Why do we still need multiple tools in order to deliver a single APM solution? Or do we?
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Now, more than ever, the success of your business hinges on your ability to ensure a quality Web experience for both internal and external users. We're not talking about just design, either. Your customers are demanding fast access to quality Web content that displays properly on any mobile or web device of their choosing. Download this eBook, and see if you're running the right tests to be sure your website is adapting.

SmartBear provides high-impact, easy-to-use tools for software teams to plan, build, test, and monitor great software, faster. We create the software tools that development, testing, and operations teams use to deliver the highest quality and best performing software possible, shipped at seemingly impossible velocities.

With products for code review, API and UI level testing, and monitoring across mobile, web and desktop applications, we equip every member of your team with tools to ensure quality at every stage of the software cycle.

The World’s Best Software Development Teams Use SmartBear Tools:

  • SoapUI Pro integrates with your entire API delivery ecosystem, from design and mocking to issue reporting and deployment. With an open core plugin framework, integrations to the following areas make ReadyAPI and SoapUI Pro the most extensible and connected API testing suite in the world.
  • With LoadUI Pro, you can reuse your functional API tests built on the industry's #1 open-source based API testing tool, SoapUI Pro to speed testing and reduce the time it takes you to deploy high performance REST and SOAP web services.
  • SwaggerHub is engineered to give organizations and teams the best possible experience for maintaining and scaling their API development, from design to deployment.
  • AlertSite gives you full visibility into the health of your websites, web applications, mobile applications, cloud applications, and APIs, so you can deliver an exceptional end-user experience. Key features of the AlertSite Platform include: Hybrid Deployment, Real-Time Alerts, Codeless Web Recorder, Real Browser Playback, Single-Sign On.

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