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Why Traditional API Testing Fails? Comparing Shadow, Production, Replay Techniques
I want to share the story of how our team at a fast-paced startup tackled the challenge of API testing without any dedicated QA team, the roadblocks that we encountered, and how we ultimately addressed these issues. Baseline Challenge We had 15-day sprints including mandatory unit and API testing. Initially, we relied on automated testing.…
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Why I Switched to Table Driven Testing approach in Go
Unit Testing, specifically table driven tests, have gained significant popularity in recent years due to their ability to eliminate repetition and enhance test clarity and maintainability. By organizing test cases into a structured format, table driven tests provide a systematic way to reuse the same values across different unit testing scenarios efficiently. What is Table…
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API Security Testing 101: Protecting Your Data from Vulnerabilities
Data is vital to everything we do in the modern world. When it comes to data, we cannot ignore APIs. They act as the internet’s functional backbone, helping in the smooth transfer of data between servers, apps, and devices. APIs must be protected from risks and vulnerabilities because they are used at every step. This…
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What is Component Testing?
Constructing software is like creating a house. You certainly wouldn’t want to build your home with any brittle or cracked bricks, right? Similarly, your “bricks” are your code components. By testing each of them individually, you can detect defects sooner rather than later, and there’s less chance of everything collapsing during assembly. And this is…
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Cross Browser Testing: A Complete Guide
Different browsers can display the same website in completely different ways. What seems great in Chrome can be broken in Safari, and what works in Firefox just might fail in Edge. Cross browser testing ensures that your website works consistently across all the browsers before your potential users see problems. That way, the team can…
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Machines That Learn vs Machines That Imagine: GenAI vs ML
Artificial Intelligence(AI) has recently become a hot topic across industries transforming sectors like finance, healthcare, education and research. The two of its subfields are Generative AI and Machine Learning(ML), but both of these terms are often confused for one another. we will explore the difference in purpose, techniques and capabilities and tools like Keploy’s GenAI-powered…
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Getting Started with Microservices Testing
In today’s fast-moving tech world, microservices have become the backbone of modern applications. But with flexibility comes complexity, especially when it comes to testing. Unlike monolithic apps, testing microservices requires a different approach. Each service runs independently, and making sure everything works smoothly together is both important and challenging. In this blog, we’ll walk through…
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Python Switch Case: How to Implement Switch Statements in Python
Have you ever wished Python had a native switch-case statement like C or Java? It would make conditional logic so much easier to read, especially when you have more than 3 conditions to handle. While Python doesn’t offer a built-in switch-case structure, the good news is that there are clean and Pythonic ways to achieve…
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Unit Testing vs Functional Testing : Hands on Guide For Developers
To evaluate our software application’s quality and reliability we are going to have to test our application in a variety of ways. The two most basic forms of testing we have available to us are unit testing and functional testing. Unit testing and functional testing are the TRUE basic building blocks of those different types…
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Getting Started with Alpha Testing : Definition, Process, and Key Benefits
What’s the difference between a software launch that builds customer confidence and one that becomes a costly disaster? Often, it comes down to how thoroughly the product was tested internally before anyone outside the company ever saw it. he irony is that alpha testing is often the most cost-effective phase for catching serious issues, yet…
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React vs React Native: Which One Should You Use?
It is said that the special nature of software development is ever-changing so it is important to choose the right tool for the job. Whether it’s a web interface or a cross-platform mobile app you are building, React and React Native are two of the most powerful technologies available today. This blog will answer the…
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What Does Enumerate Mean in Python
When you use loops in Python, there are a lot of times when you don’t just want the item from a list, you also want to know where that item is in the list. For example, going through a list of names and needing to show their position, like “1. Alice”, “2. Bob”, and so…
