Author: Tvisha Raji
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Component Integration Testing: Methods, Benefits, and Challenges
As a developer, you’ve spent countless hours perfecting individual components of your application. Most of the time, each module passes its unit tests with flying colors. However, the real challenge arises during integration when these independently functioning components need to work together. This is often where bugs appear, and the system’s overall robustness is put…
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Mastering Mocking: A Complete Guide to Mocks and other test doubles
Imagine building a system where you want to validate if the logic implemented would fit in when the entire system is built, but for that, you would have to build the entire architecture (well, a lot of resources are spent). Now imagine a way where you can simulate the versions of real objects or components.…
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Gorilla Testing vs Monkey Testing – What’s right for you
Imagine you’re testing a specific feature in an app, say the login page. You’ve already run your test cases, and things look fine, but you want to go further. What if you hammer this one feature repeatedly, trying to break it by using unexpected inputs or extreme scenarios? Gorilla testing is an approach that is…
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Boost Unit Test Efficiency Using AI-Powered Extensions for VS Code
In the fast-paced world of software development, time-to-market is everything. With AI and generative AI tools making their mark, developers now have the power to reduce development time drastically while maintaining high code quality. One such game-changing application? AI-powered VS Code extensions for unit testing. These intelligent extensions are not just tools; they’re enablers, helping…
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Comprehensive Guide to Running Tests with Cypress
Cypress is a robust end-to-end testing framework built for web applications. It’s designed to make testing straightforward and reliable, allowing developers and QA engineers to test everything from simple interactions to complex user workflows. With Cypress, you can create tests that simulate user actions, verify front-end behaviors, and ensure UI functionality with minimal setup. What…
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Cypress vs Selenium: Which Testing Tool is Right for You?
When it comes to web automation testing, selecting the right tool can be crucial for the success of your project. Both Cypress and Selenium have emerged as two of the most popular options, but they cater to different use cases and testing environments. Cypress is relatively new but quickly gaining popularity due to its easy…
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How to Delete Local and Remote Branches in Git: A Complete Guide
TLDR; Deleting a Local Branch in Git To delete a local branch, use one of these commands: Safe deletion: git branch -d <branchName> Force deletion: git branch -D <branchName> Deleting a Remote Branch in Git To delete a branch from a remote repository (like GitHub or GitLab): git push origin –delete Local Branch vs. Remote…
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Benchmark Testing in Software: The Key to Optimizing Performance
Every software application undergoes rigorous functional and non-functional testing to meet business requirements. When we talk about delivering top-tier software, performance is key. How fast does it run? How stable is it under pressure? Can it scale with growing demand? Does it remain reliable when pushed to its limits? These questions are at the core…
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What is Contract testing: A knowledge guide
Let’s Take an e-commerce platform, where there are different services for user authentication, product catalog, and order processing. These services communicate through APIs. For example, the order processing service needs to get product details from the catalogue service. Contract testing ensures that the agreement between these services—specifying what data the order service expects from the…
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Top 5 Tools for Performance Testing: Boost Your Application’s Speed
Performance testing t is a major part of software testing and involves understanding how the software handles expected errors, which is integral to quality assurance. There are multiple free and open-source tools we can discuss in the blog, but let’s start with why we even need performance testing. What is Performance Testing? Performance testing evaluates…
