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Integration Testing in 2024: Importance, Types & Challenges

Integration Testing in 2024: Importance, Types & Challenges

Software testing is an essential quality assurance (QA) component. Detecting errors before releasing software and ensuring the stability of APIs and web services during the testing stage is seven times cheaper than the production stage. Integration testing is a phase in software testing that developers should not skip.

Jan 34 min read
Continuous Testing in 2024: Top 7 Benefits & Challenges

Continuous Testing in 2024: Top 7 Benefits & Challenges

Businesses need faster software delivery. Testing is a critical component of Quality Assurance (QA), and it has been one of the primary constraints of the software delivery process. Software developers are developing innovative ways to achieve test automation to reduce waiting times and provide efficiency to end results.

Jan 33 min read
GraphQL Testing in 2024: Benefits, Types & Components

GraphQL Testing in 2024: Benefits, Types & Components

GraphQL is an open-source query and manipulation language for APIs developed by Facebook. Industry leaders and big companies such as Facebook, Airbnb, and Github are adopting GraphQL. Developers use GraphQL in conjunction with REST APIs or sometimes even as a direct alternative.

Jan 33 min read
REST API Testing in 2024: Definition & Challenges

REST API Testing in 2024: Definition & Challenges

APIs have become the cornerstones of the software world as 90%of developers rely on APIs. As APIs become prevalent, API incidents also rise; as of 2020, 40%of API users have reported API breakages. Given the wide use of APIs and their importance, ensuring consistent functionality is crucial for businesses.

Jan 32 min read
Codeless Automated Testing in 2024: Benefits & Challenges

Codeless Automated Testing in 2024: Benefits & Challenges

Research shows that +23% percent of an organization’s annual IT budget is allocated for QA and testing. Codeless automated testing is a complementary approach to test automation that can benefit businesses by: In this article, we’ll explore what codeless automated testing is, how it works, its benefits, and when to use it.

Jan 33 min read
API Regression Testing in 2024: Importance & Challenges

API Regression Testing in 2024: Importance & Challenges

Software testers and developers use regression testing to create efficient software programs. Research on the challenges of regression testing shows that it accounts for 80% of the total testing cost, while software testing constitutes 50–60% of the total cost of a project.

Jan 33 min read
API Mocking in 2024: Definition, Benefits & Limitations

API Mocking in 2024: Definition, Benefits & Limitations

More than half of developers state that they spend most of their time developing APIs and nearly 90% of organizations say their investment in APIs will increase or stay the same over the next 12 months. However, 40% of users state that they have experienced API breakage.

Feb 133 min read
Top 4 Alternatives to Postman for API Testing in 2024

Top 4 Alternatives to Postman for API Testing in 2024

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) enable communication between different software programs. APIs are like a waiter who presents the available meal to the customers and serves the preferred meal. Simply put, developers don’t have to generate the code that APIs present in the same way that customers don’t have to cook their own meals.

Jan 123 min read
Top 5 API Testing Tools in 2024: Detailed Review

Top 5 API Testing Tools in 2024: Detailed Review

The interest in API testing has been increasing over the past few years, which is not a surprise given that API was the fastest-growing data type in 2021 with a +21% growth. APIs are being used extensively in different industries, such as banking, telecommunication, and retail. To have APIs that: API testing must be done.

Feb 133 min read
API Penetration Testing: Benefits & 5 Steps  in 2024

API Penetration Testing: Benefits & 5 Steps  in 2024

More than 90% of the company’s network perimeter can be penetrated in an average of 2 days. It is predicted that the most frequent attack vector will be API attacks. API Penetration testing can be used to identify the security shortcomings of APIs that if neglected can cause significant financial and reputational damage.

Jan 33 min read