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Empower Your Testing Team With a QA Academy

Some of the responsibilities of a team leader is to empower your team with the necessary tools and skill sets so that they can excel at what they do. According to the State of Quality Report 2024, some of the most prominent challenges QA teams face include a lack of time to ensure quality, difficulty in applying test automation, and frequent changes in requirements. Training and education is the key to overcoming such obstacles.

Top 10 Figma Plugins to Elevate Your UX/UI Design in 2024

Figma is becoming the industry standard for digital design, despite being relatively new in the market. Within eight years from its launch, it has managed to win over 40 million active users across the globe. What’s driving Figma’s growth is its ability to make collaboration effortless, no matter where your team is.

The Fall and Rise of Embedded Plugins: APIs For Embed Frameworks

Although important to see alternatives to iframes, iframes are still a valuable and commonly applied method for successful embed frameworks. And even if considering alternatives, iframes help to understand possibilities, along with design and technical details to consider for a successful platform. There’s more to embed Frameworks than letting partners appear in your interface.

How to Ensure API Quality with API Testing Using Postman in 2024

Whether you’re a Software Developer, DevOps Engineer, or Quality Assurance (QA) specialist, mastering API testing with tools like Postman is essential, especially during development. API testing using Postman makes it possible to increase security, provide better user experiences, and minimize the possibility of losses through bugs or vulnerabilities.

Why Accessibility Training Deserves Equal Time in Professional Development

Accessibility training isn’t an optional add-on—it’s an essential part of professional development. @AmyJuneHineline explains why accessibility should be prioritized just like learning new programming standards: Watch the latest episode of Test Case Scenario to learn why making accessibility training a priority is crucial for all development teams.

Build and Manage ML Features for Production-Grade Pipelines with Snowflake Feature Store

When scaling data science and ML workloads, organizations frequently encounter challenges in building large, robust production ML pipelines. Common issues include redundant efforts between development and production teams, as well as inconsistencies between the features used in training and those in the serving stack, which can lead to decreased performance. Many teams turn to feature stores to create a centralized repository that maintains a consistent and up-to-date set of ML features.

Securing Multi-Cloud Environments: Challenges and Best Practices

The adoption of multi-cloud environments has increased as businesses recognize their numerous advantages. A company is considered multi-cloud when it leverages cloud services from two or more providers for its applications and operations. Unlike a single-cloud setup, multi-cloud systems often involve the integration of both private and public clouds or a combination of the two.

How Solid Queue works under the hood

Whether or not you're active in the Rails ecosystem, you might already have heard some of the buzz around Solid Queue, a new database-backed backend for ActiveJob. Solid Queue is a simple and performant option for background jobs that lets you queue large amounts of data without maintaining extra dependencies like Redis. We've already talked about how to deploy, run, and monitor Solid Queue, but we haven't yet explored how Solid Queue works.

What's New in Ruby on Rails 8

The first Rails 8 beta has officially been released, bringing an exciting set of features, bug fixes, and improvements. This version builds on the foundation of Rails 7.2, while introducing new features and optimizations to make Rails development even more productive and enjoyable. Key highlights include an integration with Kamal 2 for hassle-free deployments, the introduction of Propshaft as the new default asset pipeline, and extensive ActiveRecord enhancements.