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Smoke Testing 101 for Software Applications

Smoke testing is the practice of running a small set of tests to ensure the basic functionalities of an application or website are working before moving on to other, more comprehensive types of software testing. For smoke testing to be the most effective, it needs to be completed very quickly so that developers can get fast feedback about the stability of the new build.

Top 7 API Analytics Tools for Your Business

APIs are basically pieces of code that help with task performance for the vast majority of businesses. An organization can accomplish data interoperability between various applications with the use of an API analytics tool. If you're a part of the API economy and want to start using APIs as a source of revenue or growth in today's hyper-connected world, you need to manage APIs with more finesse.

They may be good with numbers but is your finance team good with data?

If there is a job synonymous with numbers and data, it’s finance and accounting so you’d be forgiven for thinking that those working in these roles are, by extension, data literate – with the ability to read, work with, analyze and communicate with data. In fact, this is the lie. There is a very big difference between reporting on data and taking informed action using the insights data can provide.

How to use self-service analytics for product-led growth

As the SVP for User Growth at ThoughtSpot, my job is to optimize our product features to reduce friction and encourage more user engagement. I spend my days analyzing our user data to answer questions like: The key to product-led growth is to identify measurable success metrics both for the product overall (your North Star metric) and for each product feature. Choosing the right North Star metric is crucial.

Get Started with Hotwire in Your Ruby on Rails App

Hotwire is a hot topic at the moment for every Rails developer. If you work with Rails, there is a good chance you have already heard a lot about it. Hotwire is a completely new way of adding interactivity to your app with very few lines of code, and it works blazing fast by transmitting HTML over the wire. That means you can keep your hands clean from most Single Page Applications (SPA) frameworks.

NEW Visual Testing Enhancements | Katalon Platform

Previously, only a single baseline collection was allowed when scheduling test runs. This created situations where baseline images were marked as “missing” in different test suites that did not test the same application sections. With this update, users can now choose to use different baselines when scheduling a test run. You may view baseline collections as well as their captured images via the “Visual Testing” tab.

How to Fix the No Such Element Exception in Java

The NoSuchElementException is an unchecked exception in Java that can be thrown by various accessor methods to indicate that the element being requested does not exist. Since the NoSuchElementException is thrown at runtime, it does not need to be declared in the throws clause of a method or constructor.