Explainer: Open Source Software and Its Advantages
Open source software has been the origin of a huge range of widely-used products from Linux to WordPress but what is it exactly, and what advantages does it offer for software developers?
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The latest News and Information on Software Testing and related technologies.
Regression Testing: A Definitive Guide
Regression testing involves repeatedly evaluating an upgraded web app, software program, or system's existing functionalities as we went through Regression Testing Challenges and Best Practices in a previous post. Testers use it to verify an app's live and new features operate properly. Under regression testing, the quality analyst evaluates current features' functional and non-functional aspects for defects and mistakes.
Part II: Build a Bridge Between Shift Left & Shift Right
In the first blog of this series, I used the metaphor of a bridge connecting two towns to illustrate the importance of establishing purposeful connections between your shift left and shift right testing initiatives. Modern product organizations that fail to engineer a bridge to link the two “towns” (shift left and shift right) will, at a minimum, suboptimally utilize precious human and machine testing resources.
Mobile App Test Automation Best Practices - 5 Test Cases to Automate
There are a number of things to consider when automating your mobile app tests, but first and foremost is to decide which tests should be and can be automated. This means understanding the business goals that are most important to your organization, as well as the risks you want to manage and mitigate. Mobile app testing is ultimately about managing risk, and the only way to do that is to align testing practices with the most critical business processes and goals you need to cover.
FastAPI - From Docs to OpenAPI Specs and Contract Tests in a Flash
After creating or editing documentation, use FastAPI with Sauce Labs to easily auto-generate (or update) OpenAPI spec files, API mock servers and bidirectional contract tests. Sauce Labs checks both the OAS spec file and the API's provider and consumer contract. Extend contract tests easily into automated API functional and load tests for your CI/CD pipeline. Reuse API tests as holistic functional performance monitors that give highly usable feedback and fast debugging in any environment.
Fused Testing Sparks Interest
Methodology combining manual testing skills with test automation efficiency sees strong momentum and adoption.
Kubernetes Load Testing: Speedscale vs NeoLoad
In this article, you’ll be introduced to two tools: Speedscale and NeoLoad. Both of these tools offer you a way to load test your applications. This post will compare their ease of setup, development experience, fit within a modern infrastructure, and integration into CI/CD. Load testing is not a new concept in any way: the term was common even before Google Trends started recording data in 2004.
Top 15 Manual Testing Interview Questions and Answers
To help you feel more prepared for your next interview, this post is a collection of some of the most frequently asked questions asked in manual and software testing interviews. You should still check it out if you're currently working in some part of the software development industry, with the purpose of improving your knowledge and abilities. Manual testing is essential in software development and should be used whenever possible instead of automated testing.
Beyond Uptime: API Performance and Load Testing
With mobile app and API performance top-of-mind at most companies, why do development, testing and SRE teams continue to trust in traditional stress/load tests and uptime or synthetic monitors that provide only a false sense of security about performance in the real world?