APIs have never been more instrumental in business. Organizations use them to deepen partnerships, accelerate development, integrate capabilities, and generate revenue. These business drivers, combined with the rise of microservices, drive incredible growth in the API space. According to the most recent State of Software Quality API report, 61% of survey respondents chose microservices as the technology that will most likely drive API growth.

Welcome back to the new Sauce Labs series ‘Every Experience Matters Stat of the Week.” In last week’s edition, we mentioned that about a quarter of consumers encounter an error or bug every day. While this indicated that errors are quite common overall, we didn’t dive deeper into how a customer may react when encountering those bugs. Are customers as forgiving as we might hope? Sadly, that is not the case. The results are dubious, to say the least.

In this load test tutorial, you’ll learn how to use Postman for small-scale API testing. You’ll also learn about some shortcomings and challenges of the framework that can be solved by using a tool like Speedscale. Because HTTP services don’t have a graphical user interface, you’re forced to test web APIs by simulating requests from a known client so that you can control the traffic data.

In last week's office hours, Nicole and Paul sat down with engineering manager Marko Pandurovic to discuss the ever-evolving k6 backend. All systems turn more complex with time, and the k6 backend is no exception.

Jira has been around for almost a decade and continues to thrive. Agile teams adore the power that Scrum and Kanban projects provide. It is also one of the most common problem and bug tracking applications, assisting teams in monitoring, tracking, assigning, and reporting day-to-day activities. Jira integrations, on the other hand, are what every team requires to push the platform's capabilities beyond its current capabilities.

Digitalization is a challenge for wealth management firms and will provide an inevitable change in the coming decade. It is an essential aspect of modern investors’ premium service to include high-quality digital tools. Wealth management firms are facing challenges such as addressing the threat of fintech challengers, measurable success metrics, KPIs, and the advantages of life after paper, which are essential elements of a successful digitalization plan.

Two popular mobile test automation tools are Selendroid and Appium. Both are loved by the developer community, and for good reason. In fact, they’re so popular that Selendroid is currently bundled into the Appium package in order to provide support for Android versions 2.3 through 4.1. Appium automatically switches to Selendroid when users want to run tests for these Android versions.

A common theme among most software testing organizations is their escalating interest in Test Automation. While test automation has grown in popularity, there are still many myths and biases surrounding it. Such myths can unknowingly create a self-limiting boundary and negatively impact the possibilities of test automation. In this article, I will discuss some common test automation myths and biases that people have towards test automation.