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API-First Development: The Complete Guide
In today’s world of software development, API-first has become more than a trend it is a best practice that allows teams to build scalable, modular and best of all future-ready applications. In an API-first approach, the Application Programming Interface (APIs) are not an afterthought, they are envisioned, documented and agreed upon before the development of…
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Types of Regression Testing in Software Testing Explained
The user experience of an app can often generate impacts in unexpected areas. As the industry shifts to a rapid development cycle with more new features being released rapidly and a growing number of code changes each month, development teams find it difficult to deliver new capabilities while also maintaining stability. The question is not…
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REST API Testing: Strategy, Automation & Best Practices
In the digital-first world of today, many applications depend on RESTful APIs as the connectivity placeholder: whether between microservices, mobile applications, third-party integrations or SaaS platforms, it is important for ensuring these APIs are reliable, secure and performant. This is where you can utilize REST API testing. No matter your role as a developer, tester,…
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Agile vs Waterfall: Choosing the Right Approach for Your Project
Choosing the best project methodology for a software project can help or hinder it greatly. Teams frequently evaluate Agile vs Waterfall. When teams choose an approach, they often have to consider the schedule and the manner in which they want to deliver the software. This choice becomes especially important when engineering teams and QA teams…
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4 Phases of Rapid Application Development: A Complete Guide
Have you observed how many software projects often begin with enthusiasm but however time become stuck in endless planning, changing requirements, and delayed delivery? A common ailment in the fast-moving digital ecosystem we navigate is how legacy development models have failed to create value, engender frustration in teams, exacerbate delays, and contribute to cost overruns…
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SOAP UI vs Postman for API Testing: Which Should You Use?
Developers and Quality Assurance (QA) teams utilize many different API testing and validation tools to help them simplify the processes of testing, debugging, and validating APIs in the increasingly API-centric world of software development. Modern teams often combine End-to-End Testing with API-level testing to ensure full workflow reliability. This article will compare SOAP UI to…
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Generative AI Testing Tools: The Next Evolution of Test Automation
In the last ten years, software testing has advanced significantly, but today’s applications require more than just using conventional forms of automated software testing or entry-level tools that employ artificial intelligence (AI). The rise of microservice architectures, API calls, and continuous deployment has led to another category of software testing products called "Generative" AI Testing…
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End-to-End Test Automation: How It Works and Why It Matters
One of the most critical ways to validate real user journeys across any application is through end-to-end testing. Modern software stacks have grown so distributed that manual E2E testing grows increasingly hard to maintain and nearly impossible to scale. This is where automation in end-to-end testing helps engineering teams with the reliability, speed, and confidence…
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What Is a Bug Tracking Tool and Why Every Team Needs One
Do you find yourself questioning why popular apps sometimes crash or act unusually? Regardless of how hard software is crafted, bugs are a huge obstacle for teams, often resulting in unhappy users, lost revenue, or even product release delays. Most organizations are unable to track these bugs effectively and so they often use a mix…
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Open Source Load Testing Tools: A Modern Guide for DevOps & SRE
Have you ever observed an application that was completely functional, and suddenly it starts lagging at peak usage? Most teams are concerned with functionality first and performance under load second. Open source load testing tools expose your application’s bottlenecks before your users notice them. In this blog, we explain how these tools work, compare their…