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The Journey to Modernization – Part 8 – Testing Strategies for Serverless
Serverless applications present unique challenges for testing, given their event-driven nature and heavy reliance on managed cloud...
Craig Risi
Feb 135 min read


The Journey to Modernization – Part 6 – Best practices for implementing a serverless stack
In my previous article , we explored the foundational considerations for modernizing to a serverless stack, focusing on how to evaluate...
Craig Risi
Jan 247 min read


Contract Testing – what is it and why do you need it
Testing is a multilayered engineering activity required at many levels in the software architecture and development process. However, as...
Craig Risi
Aug 30, 202411 min read


The Pros and Cons of Different Tools - BlazeMeter
When it comes to performance testing, we often focus our investigations on scripting tools that can automate a particular process and...
Craig Risi
Aug 8, 20249 min read


How to execute your test automation in parallel
Almost every company has seen the benefits of test automation and has bought into the idea of test automation throughout their entire...
Craig Risi
Jun 1, 20246 min read


The Pros and Cons of Different Testing Tools – Katalon Studio
With the popularity of open-source automation tools like Selenium, it has become difficult for many companies wanting to build automation...
Craig Risi
Apr 25, 20248 min read


The Pros and Cons of Different Testing Tools - Sahi
Today I’m returning to test automation and looking at a tool that at one time was considered one of the fastest-growing web automation...
Craig Risi
Mar 29, 20246 min read


The Pros and Cons of Different Testing Tools - Yest
Most of the testing tools I’ve been looking at so far deal with the aspect of testing at or post the development stage. However, today I...
Craig Risi
Mar 8, 20248 min read


The Pros and Cons of Different Testing Tools - Applitools Eyes
In today’s blog on testing tools, I wanted to focus on a tool that does something a little different than what we’ve covered before. An...
Craig Risi
Feb 17, 20247 min read


The Pros and Cons of Different Testing Tools - ALM/QC
In my look at different testing tools I still intend on unpacking some JIRA plug-ins further. However, before doing that, I thought I...
Craig Risi
Jan 26, 20247 min read


The Pros and Cons of Different Testing Tools - XRay
We started the year looking at JIRA, but before I look at other similar tools, I wanted to spend some time looking at some added...
Craig Risi
Jan 11, 20245 min read


The Pros and Cons of Different Testing Tools - JIRA
I want to start this year off by looking at different workflow management, test management, and defect tools and how they can add value...
Craig Risi
Jan 5, 20246 min read

Benefits of a quality-driven approach in software and why quality-driven leadership matters
Instead of delving into more discussions about testing tools, I decided to conclude the year by sharing something that I believe needs a...
Craig Risi
Dec 14, 20236 min read


Factors to consider in choosing a test management tool
In my previous post I looked at what Test Management tools are generally good for and asked the question of whether you need one or not....
Craig Risi
Nov 24, 20236 min read

Are test management tools necessary?
In my analysis of different testing tools, I thought I would discuss the important topic of test management tools. This could be a...
Craig Risi
Nov 16, 20236 min read


The pros and cons of different testing tools – Gatling
Before I move on to other forms of testing tools, like Test Management Tools, I wanted to talk about one more performance testing tool,...
Craig Risi
Nov 2, 20236 min read


Effective Test Automation Approaches for Modern CI/CD Pipelines
I'm taking a break today from my tool evaluations to post an article I previously wrote for InfoQ. I feel it is a relevant topic at the...
Craig Risi
Oct 26, 20239 min read

The Pros and Cons of different test tools - k6
In my look at different testing tools, I’ve focused mostly on automation tools, but today I want to focus on a tool that is exclusively...
Craig Risi
Oct 12, 20238 min read

The Pros and Cons of Different Test Tools – Jest
In my previous blog post I spoke about the effectiveness of using the three different JavaScript libraries to help build an effective API...
Craig Risi
Sep 8, 20237 min read

The Pros and Cons of Different API Test Tools – Axios, Mocha, and Chai
Now when we think of testing tools, we normally think of one tool in its entirety. But in the modern open-source development world and...
Craig Risi
Sep 1, 20237 min read
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