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Stress Test: What the CrowdStrike Crash Teaches us About Software Testing

by Software Testing Magazine in Articles 0

In a flash, CrowdStrike went from cybersecurity titan to cautionary tale. A single flawed software update triggered what is likely a $5 billion disaster. As billions vanished from their stock price overnight, this incident underscores a crucial lesson for every organization pushing the limits of rapid software releases-no speed is worth the cost of cutting corners in testing and quality control. share share share share 

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Tips for Successful Hybrid Mobile Applications Testing

October 14, 2024 1

Hybrid mobile applications, combining the best of both web and native technologies, are gaining popularity for their cost-effectiveness and faster development cycles. However, testing these applications presents unique challenges, particularly with WebViews.

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Optimizing Risk-Based Testing with Intelligent Automation
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How Will The Future Shape The Software Testing Industry

October 21, 2024 0

Regardless of where the software industry is headed, Software testing will always be at the center of the software industry. It makes the fundamentals of software arrays like Microsoft Office 2024, Photoshop, etc.

Knowledge

  • Top 10 Software Testing Trends for 2024

    October 9, 2024 1
    With an anticipated annual growth rate of 7% CAGR from 2024-2032, the software testing industry is set to expand at a uniform pace as per GMI. The continued advancement of testing methodologies and tools that improve software quality and performance has propelled development in the general software engineering sector. share share share share 
  • Automated Testing of PDF Documents

    September 13, 2024 1
    In a paperless era, the PDF format has become a de facto standard from creating documents like bank account statements, utility invoices or hotel booking confirmations. This article explores the different ways to automate the testing of PDF documents. share share share share 
  • Optimizing Risk-Based Testing with Intelligent Automation

    September 8, 2024 0
    Software development is at an all-time high and testing teams are under a lot of pressure to deliver products faster, but they also need to make sure that those products are of impeccable quality. share share share share 
  • Black Friday Testing Tips for a Crash-Free Shopping Spree

    September 4, 2024 0
    The two biggest shopping days are Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and both bring unprecedented amounts of traffic to retail websites as people search for the best offers. This is also true for the holiday shopping season of 2024, as forecasts show that sales through the Internet are going to [...]

Tools

  • Open Source Database Testing Tools

    September 26, 2024 6
    Database testing is one of the areas that might have the smaller number of open source tools. The programming languages have many xUnit tools and mocking frameworks, but this is not the case for databases. This article provides a list of open source tools that can be used to perform [...]
  • Exploratory Testing Chrome Extensions

    August 5, 2024 0
    This article presents a list of exploratory testing extensions available for the dominant Chrome browser. The current trend in software testing might be to talk about test automation or artificial intelligence, but in some cases nothing replace the intelligence of a human tester to detect bugs and consequences of irrational [...]
  • Learning Gatling: Documentation, Tutorials, Videos

    May 24, 2024 1
    Gatling is an open source load testing tool. It officially supports HTTP, WebSocket, Server-Sent-Events and JMS. Gatling is developed in Scala and built upon Netty for non-blocking HTTP. It works with Akka for virtual users’ orchestration. share share share share 
  • Free Online Test Data Generators

    May 9, 2024 1
    Most of your software testing activities will require to use data. Sometimes it could be just a small amount, however if you must test a feature to deliver an order confirmation on more than one page, then you need something other than a few items. share share share share 

Videos

  • Building Test Suites for .NET Web APIs

    October 1, 2024 0
    You built an API in .NET, put it in production, customers are using it, and now you have promises to keep. Promises related to the API contract and behavior. A good test suite will help you keep those promises by [...]
  • Automated Load Testing Course with Gatling

    September 17, 2024 0
    QA had thoroughly tested the new release, performed Unit tests, functional tests and yet… we still crashed. The ultimate goal in development is to make sure the application works for the end users in the production env, not just in [...]