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Testing without limits: xk6 and k6 extensions

k6 v0.29.0 introduced xk6 and k6 extensions to the k6 community. 🎁🎉💪 You can now extend the functionality of k6 using Go-based k6 extensions and import them as JS modules in your k6 script. This feature opens the gates for anyone to use existing k6 extensions and write custom Go extensions for special requirements. Before this release, importing JavaScript libraries was the only possibility to extend k6.

4 virtual connectivity trends for social gathering and what it means for mobile app developers

While humans are ever-adapting, the recent pandemic has forced a complete revamp of how we work and play. As in-person meetings and conventions remain sparse, networking in other ways has become a new normal. Mobile app developers are applying key lessons and trends of online networking and socializing to capitalize on increasing global demand for virtual connectivity.

ACTION REQUIRED: Secure Your Testing Experience - Best Practices for Updating Sauce Connect

Sauce Labs provides a number of features that help secure your testing experience and ensure that your data and applications are safe while using our cloud platform. One of the most popular features is Sauce Connect Proxy—a built-in HTTP proxy server that opens a secure "tunnel" connection for testing between a Sauce Labs virtual machine or real device and a website or mobile app hosted on your local computer ("localhost") or behind a corporate firewall.

What's New In Loadero (November 2020)

November was a big month for Loadero in terms of updates. We were working on the compute units feature for a long time and are very happy that now we provide our customers even more control over configuring test participants. We improved our test runner stability and made some important fixes. We are proud to share what has been updated and are sure that this will help you to run even better tests with us.

Should You Build A Test Automation Framework From Scratch?

Frameworks are crucial for any automated testing process in a software organization. They not only reduce the testing efforts and maintenance costs but also increase the return on investment (ROI) of an organization who is looking to optimize their agile processes. A well-designed test automation framework makes it easier to continue running and improving the system consistently.

A Universal Approach for Building a Successful Automation Testing Framework

In the past 20 years, open-source was speeding up software development. As the Agile world requires teams to release fast and often, it’s time for open-source play its role in ensuring software quality. Join Katalon VP of Product as he uncovers the approach to developing your automation testing tool from open-sources, and the 5-year lessons his team learned from building Katalon Studio - a free, inclusive automation testing tool based on Selenium.

Leveraging Docker Containers to Manage Sauce Connect Tunnels

Sauce Connect Proxy™ is a built-in HTTP proxy server that opens a secure "tunnel" connection for testing between a Sauce Labs virtual machine or real device and a website or mobile app hosted on your local computer ("localhost") or behind a corporate firewall. It provides a means for Sauce Labs to access your application or website.

Week of Testing Day 4: Streaming results to the cloud and stepped load profiles on k6

Nicole discusses how to stream the results of load tests run locally to the k6 Cloud and how to recreate a stepped load profile using k6, compared to a load testing tool like JMeter. Note from Nicole: I realized after this video that I was mixing `let` and `var` in this video. They have different implications on scope, and I would recommend you use `let` or `const` in your own scripts. Also, there are other ways to achieve the stepped load profile, but this is one way to do it.

Best tools in 2021 to do automated testing of your JavaScript apps

It’s no exaggeration to say that today’s internet is built on JavaScript. Around 95% of all websites have been built using the language, according to the latest figures. JavaScript has evolved beyond the client side and is now used to construct entire technology stacks, not to mention support databases like pouchdb and RethinkDB.