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Vanity metrics vs. business impact metrics in software testing - what are you tracking?

“Those who succeed don’t sit around making to-do lists – they create actionable plans with clearly defined outcomes and conquer them. When you know what you want, why you want it, and understand how to make your goal a reality, you’ll become a master of time management and take control of the situation.” – Tony Robbins, Inspirational Speaker Beginning an article on software testing with a quote from Tony Robbins might seem bizarre.

OctoPerf's new UI - Overview changes

Our new UI has been available for everyone since a few weeks now. It is a major project for us that has taken several years to get to this stage. It’s been a lot of effort but we’re confident that it will be worth it when you see all the new possibilities. That being said, we thought it would be helpful to ease you into it by going through some of the key features together. The goal is to talk about the major UI changes that impact most if not all the new screens.

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Kubernetes vs Docker: Key Differences

It's impossible to learn about containerization without hearing about Docker and Kubernetes. These two tools together dominate the world of containers, both being the de-facto standard in what they each do. When you're first getting started learning about containers, it can be quite a challenge to figure out what the differences are between these two tools.

[Webinar] Test Execution at Scale Using Katalon Platform

Teams with heavy testing workloads have to run thousands of test scripts in a short timeline. On top of that, they have to execute various types of tests, including web, mobile, API, and desktop, all on one CI/CD pipeline. Optimizing this testing workload is not easy, but it can be achieved and sustainably managed with the right platform. Get ready to learn.

Adeo - Case study

Adeo is the European leader in the home improvement and DIY market, and number 3 worldwide. Its companies : Leroy Merlin, Bricoman, Weldom, Zôdio… Gather 150 000 leaders and more than 1000 sales points over 20 countries. Teams all over the world enable ADEO companies be useful to inhabitants while making home a positive place to live. Thomas Pitteman Very fond of everything related to computers, he worked in the transport industry before merging work with passion by joining Adeo in 2018.

How to write a user story with great UX in mind

If your typical user story looks like: “As a new user, I want to create an account to have an account,” then you might have a problem. As a recent viral Twitter thread from user evangelist and UX pro Laura Klein pointed out a big issue in the QA community: how to write a user story. Product owners are trying to create and execute as many user stories as possible to define requirements and establish acceptance criteria.

Katalon and AWS | Better Cloud Readiness and Software Quality

ATLANTA, Ga. — June 6, 2022 — Katalon, Inc., the provider of a leading test automation platform, today announced the availability of the Katalon Test Automation Platform through AWS Marketplace as a SaaS contract, enabling customers to buy and immediately start using the test automation, orchestration, and management solution to be agile & innovative to support business requirements and to provide superior customer experience.

Angular: @ViewChild() and @ContentChildren() decorators

With the release of OctoPerf’s new UI we wanted to create a component that would allow our users to easily edit HTTP request actions. The new UI being heavily inspired by IDEs such as Eclipse or Visual Studio we decided to create a component that behaves likes the project settings panel of IntelliJ: IntelliJ Settings This panel displays a tree on its left part with a search input on top. The content of the left part changes depending on the current selection.

What Is "Test Efficacy" and Why Is It Important in Visual Testing?

Humans are visual, both on and off-screen. Research shows that 94% of online visitors will form their first opinion on your business based on the design of your website. For e-commerce, 88% of shoppers are less likely to return to a website that gave them an unpleasant experience. These two simple statistics highlight how detrimental it can be to have an inconsistent product UI/UX out in the market.