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July 2023

What is a Test? The Titus Fortner Edition

Testing is like an operational submarine. If your tests are giving you red flags and warnings, you must pay attention to your results and adapt accordingly, or you'll sink! We’re back again to help organize and contain the wild nature of testing! Just what is testing? This time with TITUS FORTNER, a Senior Developer Experience Engineer. We’re defining “What is a test?” together, putting a stop to the foolish intricacies of testing, and who decides testing priorities? Join us as we explore and lighten up testing’s transformative impact on development.

The Ultimate List of C# Tools: IDEs, Profilers, Automation Tools, and More

C# is a widely used programming language in enterprises, especially for those that are heavily Microsoft-dependent. This language comprises a lot of tools with individual strengths. Here, we list C# tools for IDEs, profilers, automation tools, and more. If you build apps using C#, you most likely use Visual Studio and have explored some of its extensions to supercharge your development. However, this list of C# tools might just change the way you write C# code for good.

Tricentis acquires Waldo no-code test automation platform to expand and strengthen mobile testing

I am excited to share that Tricentis has acquired Waldo, a mobile test automation platform. Waldo complements and extends our existing Tricentis mobile testing offerings with new test automation capabilities that will allow our customers to deliver higher quality mobile applications.

Database sync: Diving deeper into Qlik and Talend data integration and quality scenarios

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post summarizing "Seven Data Integration and Quality Scenarios for Qlik | Talend," but ever since, folks have asked if I could explain a little deeper. I'm always happy to oblige my reader (you know who you are), so let's start with the first scenario: Database-to-database synchronization.

Understanding GraphQL: A Comprehensive Comparison With REST API and Its Implementation in Node.js

Application Programming Interface, or API, development is a critical aspect of modern software engineering, enabling diverse software systems to interact and share data seamlessly. The API serves as a contract between different software applications, outlining how they can communicate with one another. Two of the most popular architectural styles for building Web APIs are Representational State Transfer (REST) and GraphQL.

9 ETL Tests That Ensure Data Quality and Integrity

According to Harvard Business Review – Only 3% of Companies’ Data Meets Basic Quality Standards. In the world of data integration, Extract, Transform, and Load (ETL) processes play a vital role in seamlessly moving and transforming data from diverse sources to target systems. However, ensuring the quality and integrity of this data is crucial for accurate decision-making and business success. ETL testing is the key to achieving reliable data pipelines.

Best Practices for Error Handling in ASP.NET MVC

How easy would our lives be, as programmers, if our applications behaved correctly 100% of the time? Unfortunately, that’s not the case: things go wrong, often in serious ways. In order to offer the user the best possible experience—and also understand what went wrong so you can fix it—your application needs to handle its errors, and that’s why error handling is an important part of any application.