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Top API Versioning Strategies for Seamless Integration

API versioning is key to updating your API without breaking clients’ integrations. It ensures smooth transitions and maintains compatibility. This guide explains the best strategies and practices for effective API versioning. API versioning is not just about the technicalities of managing different versions; it also involves a strategic approach to communication, documentation, and support.

Continuous Integration for WordPress: Best Practices for Testing and Deployment

While continuous integration is a common practice for most software development teams, the stateful nature of WordPress makes it more challenging to set up. For our open source WordPress plugin, we wanted to integrate our standard build and test process for every pull request using CircleCI. CircleCI is a cloud-based CI/CD platform that streamlines the development process for creating, testing, and deploying code changes.

The Load on Developers Is Increasing

Pushing your code to production without testing? You might want to think twice. In this episode, Bobby Dorlus, founder and CEO of #TheTechHustle, shares the importance of test automation, site reliability engineering, and his advocacy of diversity within the industry. Tune in as Jason and Bobby analyze the stats and real-life debacles that happen when testing gets skipped, as well as those who should be responsible for testing. Spoiler alert—it’s not just the developers.

Breaking Down Data Silos With Cloud-Based Architecture: A Conversation With Kallol Dutta, Spark NZ

In this episode of "The Data Cloud Podcast," Kallol Dutta, Head of Transformation at Spark NZ, talks about the idea of the minimum viable data concept, Spark New Zealand’s vision for becoming a cloud software company, and why he considers himself a techno-optimist.

How to Perform a Delta Analysis with Helix QAC

Helix QAC allows you to use qacli and project Baselines in the Validate platform to view delta analysis results from merge requests, pull requests, or feature branch commits in CI/CD pipelines. Watch this short demo to see how easy it is to do a delta analysis with Helix QAC, which can be implemented into your continuous integration system.

How to Capture Logs for a Simba ODBC Driver in Windows, macOS, or Linux

This video provides a step-by-step guide on capturing logs for a Simba ODBC driver across different operating systems: Windows, macOS, and Linux. Whether you’re configuring your driver on a personal computer or in a server environment, this tutorial will help you effectively monitor and troubleshoot any potential problems.

How to organize a bug bash

Bug bashes are time-boxed events where participants (developers, testers, product managers, and customers) come together to identify and report as many bugs as possible, providing a fresh perspective on the software. They encourage cross-functional interaction, accelerate the bug discovery process, uncover critical issues, improve the overall quality of the software, and enhance product reliability before release. To organize one, you need to consider.

Deploy and Manage Cloud Apps from VS Code with the Choreo Extension

The Choreo extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) enables developers to manage cloud applications without leaving VS Code. This seamless integration enhances the overall development workflow, offering everything from component creation to monitoring. With the release of version 2.0, the Choreo extension is now better aligned with typical development workflows and offers an experience that's more familiar to users of the Choreo console.

Static Code Analysis With Katalon: A Complete Guide

In today's fast-paced software development environment, ensuring the quality and security of code is paramount. Static Code Analysis has emerged as a vital practice in this realm, offering a systematic method to examine code without the need to execute it. In this blog, you will delve into the essence of Static Code Analysis, its applicability, and the significant benefits it offers, particularly in the context of testing code.