JMeter DSL, an Innovative Tool for Performance Testing
What is JMeter DSL, what improvements does it bring with respect to JMeter, what are the new functionalities it provides? This open source contribution developed by Abstracta is already used by users from different parts of the world, such as the United States, India, Russia,…
API Testing Tools: Insomnia
In this post we will talk a bit about Insomnia, its main features, similarities and differences with other API testing tools. What ‘s Insomnia? Insomnia is a free, cross-platform desktop application that simplifies the interaction and design of HTTP-based APIs. Insomnia combines an easy-to-use interface…
Hoppscotch: Open source API development ecosystem
In this post I will share with you what I have been learning about Hoppscotch, its main features and its differences with other similar tools. What’s Hoppscotch? Hoppscotch is a free, open-source, and lightweight API testing tool. Its core value relies on creating and using…
Selenium IDE
The original Selenium IDE was a well known plugin for Firefox which helped in the tests creation as a record & playback tool, however as it was no longer supported back in 2017 by the then released Firefox version, it unfortunately ceased to exist. In…
What does Selenium 4 have in store for testers?
With the new version of the famous frontend automation tool made available, some novelties have surfaced and automation testers are more than keen to try them out. We will take a look at them to see exactly what has been introduced in this brand new…
Developer’s friendly tools for continuous performance testing
How many times have we seen a test infrastructure and methodology where the team is not able to get early feedback about the performance of the system they are developing? Typically, it is expected to treat performance testing as a “waterfall project” where we, the…
Mobile Testing with TestProject in CI/CD
TestProject is a free, end-to-end test automation platform for web, mobile, and APIs. In this article, I’m going to show you, essentially, how to perform mobile testing with TestProject. More specifically, I’m going to be showing you how to run automated tests in a mobile…
An End-to-End Guide of API Testing
Chances are you’ve heard the term API. However, you might not know exactly what it is, similar to the mystification of the “cloud” in the early 2000s. In this post, I will break down what an API is, using a familiar example, and how to…
k6 Review: Open Source Load Testing Tool for Developers
Have you heard the hype around k6 yet? Yes, yet another open source performance testing tool is making waves. In this post, I’ll share my k6 review in the hopes that it may help you decide if you should also pay attention to it. Overview…
What is Automated Visual Regression Testing and Should You Invest in It?
Detecting errors that automated functional tests often miss Generally when we think of bugs in software, failures and unexpected behavior due to errors in the system logic come to mind. In part, by running (and automating) functional tests, we seek to detect these errors as…
Quality Sense Podcast: Anand Bagmar – What You Should Know About Visual Testing
In this Quality Sense episode, host, Federico Toledo interviews Anand Bagmar, a professional from India with over 20 years of experience in the software industry. Today, he’s a Quality Evangelist and Solution Architect at Applitools. In this episode, the two uncover the basics of visual…
Quality Sense Podcast: Andreas “Andi” Grabner – Introduction to Keptn
In this Quality Sense episode, host, Federico Toledo chats with Dynatrace’s Andreas aka “Andi” Grabner. From Austria, he has more than 20 years of experience in the field and continuously shares his knowledge about performance engineering especially through his podcast called Pure Performance. During the…
Black Friday 2020: Avoid E-Commerce Site Crashes and Slowness
Everything you need to know to technically prepare your website for Black Friday and Cyber Monday While it’s coming down to the wire for retailers to get their websites fully prepared for a successful holiday season, it’s not too late to optimize them in order…
VoIP Performance Testing for a Mental Health Hotline App
How we used SIPp for VoIP performance testing over the SIP protocol Not too long ago, some of my colleagues and I helped to run performance tests for a new mobile app with a hotline called “Yo Te Escucho” (which translates in English to “I…
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