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In this article, we’ve broken down the pros and cons of on-premise vs. cloud-based mobile testing, so you can be confident about your next steps in choosing an approach for your team and project.

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In the world of application development, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) enables the communication and exchange of data between software. Testing your API is essential to the proper integration and delivery of quality software and product. Unlike UI testing, API automation testing is designed to withstand the short release cycles and frequent changes that occur while using best practices for software development and IT operations. API testing is more important than ever.

Mocking APIs is an increasingly popular trend, with more and more developers seeing the advantages of mocking dependencies rather than spinning up actual duplicates of resources. On a high-level, a mock API means that you have a service that returns static data, which in turn is based on a real API.

If you feel that internal resources are running low relative to demand, you’re not alone. At the 2022 Women of Silicon Valley conference, speakers touched on the difficulty of acquiring and retaining resources, preparing teams for change, and optimizing software testing on a small budget. At the most basic level, the requirements of the software dev process, from designing, coding, and testing, are enormous.

Hello to the Testhouse family! This is my second blog in a series of posts aimed at sharing insights into things I have learned or experienced in my career in testing to date. If you find anything that sparks your interest or have follow up questions, then please do let me know. In my last blog, I touched on mentorship, conferences, and the value of networking. This blog continues the mentoring theme and focuses on the benefits of having a mentor, and how you can go about finding one.

Test-driven development, or TDD, is a testing method where you first convert the feature requirements to tests and then write code to make the tests pass. In this article, we take an objective look at test-driven development, its benefits, downsides, and best use cases.