Systems | Development | Analytics | API | Testing

At a macro level, software testing is an activity that seeks to find bugs or problems in software products. An essential subset of software testing is functional software testing, defined as a type of black-box testing method that focuses on the functionality of a software product. It’s a technique for ensuring that an application meets its requirements and specifications by executing test cases from the user’s perspective.

As we all know, APIs are absolutely everywhere. APIs power almost every aspect of a modern tech business and even non-tech businesses. You may have an internal API that is used by developers to power internal systems and external APIs which expose functionality more publicly. As with any functionality, APIs can also be used to drive revenue by selling them to users in need. Whether you’re selling a REST API, GraphQL API, or other API, learning how to sell your API has become a popular ask.

The growth of big data has scattered data sources throughout the enterprise, tucking them away in silos and making them hard to find. But there is more to data than just storing information in an operational data store or running analytics from a data warehouse. For example, regulated industries have requirements needing tighter control over the data.

The world is full of different types of goals. Consider football. The goal in football is at the end of the field. A runner either crosses the goal or they don't, when trying to make a touchdown. Or, consider basketball. In basketball, when a player shoots the ball, the player’s shot either goes through the net or it doesn’t. Alternatively, consider ice hockey. When a hockey player shoots the puck, it either goes into the net — or it doesn’t.

Top technology trends for 2023 continue to focus on AI, edge intelligence, and climate change, but supply chain slowdowns and growing consumer demands threaten the pace of innovation. To remain dynamic in their industries and meet goals of software engineering, software development leaders need to be proactive with their budgeting and time management plans, while ensuring the delivery of safe, secure, and compliant code.

Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) is an XML-based open standard that allows organizations to set up single sign-on (SSO) across multiple websites and applications. SAML 2.0 is the latest standard, and was ratified in March 2005, replacing SAML 1.1. We’ll refer to SAML as meaning SAML 2.0 for the remainder of this document. SAML is mostly used as a web-based authentication mechanism as it relies on using the browser to broker the authentication flow.