With Tricentis NeoLoad 2024.1, we’re excited to announce a groundbreaking addition: native support for Apache Kafka. In today’s dynamic software landscape, IT leaders are prioritizing data streaming investments, with 89% of respondents saying investments in data streaming are important, with 44% citing it as a top strategic priority. Kafka has risen to popularity across multiple industries where real-time data processing and communication are paramount.

In our quest to provide a comprehensive suite of tools for our load tester community, we, at OctoPerf, developed a full integration with Playwright.

Today, we are excited to introduce the latest version of Katalon Studio, designed to transform your testing experience with cutting-edge features and enhancements. Here are the details.

2. Prioritize User Experience: Focusing on user experience (UX) within your test plan is crucial for building software that is not just functional, but also intuitive, enjoyable, and efficient for your target audience. Here's how to deepen your approach: User Personas and Scenarios: Develop user personas representing different user segments and create test cases based on their expected behavior and workflows. This ensures testing caters to the diverse needs of your user base.

Uncovering meaningful insights from your test data can help you prevent costly defects and bugs, application crashes, and even downtime. Get our top 10 tips for separating the signal from noise.

We all understand that software quality is a critical aspect of modern software development. There are countless metrics that can be tracked, business value that can be attributed to the quality of software, and cautionary tales in news cycles driven by critical issues that make their way to production. Yet, in many cases, organizations still fail to define and implement a quality strategy.

There’s a new kid on the block in the gaming industry; meet Godot, a 2D and 3D game engine that is free and open source. What used to be a space once dominated by giants like Unity and Unreal Engine now has some competition. With recent changes in “unique” pricing models, I’ve seen indies and small dev teams increasingly turn to Godot as their game engine of choice.

Without payment gateway testing, you risk cart abandonment, over or underpayments, penalties, and increased customer support costs. These risks occur when web or mobile app payment transactions run into issues. To avoid these issues, online retailers should create test cases, conduct periodic checks, and update their processes to ensure the system’s integrity. From functional testing to usability testing, there are many ways to test payment processing.