Tag: apis
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A Technical Guide to Test Mock Data: Levels, Tools, and Best Practices
Mock data is the backbone of modern software development and testing. It allows developers to simulate real-world scenarios without relying on production data, ensuring security, efficiency, and reliability. Whether you’re testing APIs, building UIs, or stress-testing databases, mock data helps you isolate components, accelerate development, and catch bugs early. In this blog, we’ll cover: –…
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Capturing Multiple Requests on the Same Connection with eBPF
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Shifting Gears: Why GraphQL is Turbocharging APIs
The API landscape is constantly evolving, and developers like us crave tools that streamline data fetching and boost performance. For years, REST reigned supreme, but a challenger has emerged – GraphQL. So, is GraphQL truly a "better version" of REST? Let’s explore this question through code and performance comparisons. Keploy.io: The Sidekick for Your API…
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20 Powerful Rest Assured Alternatives for Reliable API Testing
API testing plays a vital role in software development, making sure that applications work together smoothly. While Rest Assured is a well-known option for automating API tests, many developers are on the lookout for alternatives that bring unique features, better integrations, and user-friendliness. In this article, we’ll dive into 20 strong alternatives to Rest Assured…
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AI powered test automation: Exploring AI-Powered Test Automation Tools
In today’s fast-paced software development landscape, ensuring the quality of applications is critical. Traditional testing methods often fall short in keeping up with agile development cycles. This is where AI-powered test automation tools come into play, offering intelligent solutions to streamline testing and accelerate release cycles. In this blog we will talk about AI-powered test…
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The Rise of No-Code API Testing Frameworks: Tools and Best Practices
In a fast-paced world of software development nowadays, API reliability and performance are most crucial. APIs are called the lifeblood of modern applications in the sense of enabling seamless intercommunication among systems/applications. In that spirit, no-code platforms for API testing are now an extremely useful tool for giving teams the capability to test APIs without…
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Everything You Need to Know About API Testing
Introduction In the realm of software development, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) serve as the backbone for communication between different software systems. As APIs become increasingly integral to modern applications, ensuring their reliability and functionality is paramount. One crucial aspect of this is testing API endpoints thoroughly. In this guide, we’ll delve into API endpoint testing,…
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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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Understanding the levels of the Software Testing Pyramid
Introduction Before coming to what Software Testing Pyramid actually is, let’s just start with some basics! We all know what a "software" is, but then what is software testing or why is it even important? Let me answer your doubts- Software Testing is a process that involves evaluating software components to ensure they meet specified…
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Top 5 API Performance testing tools – A guide for different use cases
API has definitely become a main source of building the business logic of any product. It serves as an intermediary that allows different software systems to communicate and interact with each other either by externally sourced APIs or crafting our own in-house solutions. One critical aspect of ensuring the reliability and efficiency of APIs is…
