The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The Challenges of Traditional UI Testing Traditionally, UI tests have been conducted through either unit testing or integration testing (also referred to as End-To-End (E2E) testing). Complex and unintuitive authoring and debugging of tests.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 30, 2019

At Neotys PAC 2019 in Chamonix, France, I presented approaches on how to solve this problem by looking at examples from companies such as Intuit, Dynatrace, Google, Netflix, T-Systems and others. You can read my blog supporting my session titled “ Performance as Code: Lets make it a Standard ” on the Neotys PAC blog.

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Architecture Open Source Azure Metrics 125

Dynatrace

JULY 9, 2020

From of our learnings on how we integrated Dynatrace into our DevOps toolchain , we advise our customers to follow our best practices around integrating delivery tools with Dynatrace, enforcing Dynatrace-based quality gates, implementing monitoring as code or automate remediation based on Dynatrace problems. Comparison across builds.

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Alex Podelko

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

It appears that Apache JMeter became the most popular load testing tool. In 2014, I was preparing a presentation about load testing tools and criteria for their selection. In particular, JMeter has many integrations with other popular tools and a large number of plugins.

DevOps 113

DevOps Testing Testing Tools Performance Testing 113

Testsigma

APRIL 13, 2021

Unit tests provide documentation of the testing at the unit level and hence during any code changes we know already which code may cause issues. Swift is a modern and latest programming language for writing code for macOS, iOS, watchOS, etc. This helps us in wrapping up the testing tasks quickly.

Testing 84

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Testsigma

JANUARY 4, 2021

Different browsers read, interpret, and handle the code differently. It is quite expected that developers may omit certain ‘closing tag’ or ‘semicolon’ in the syntax while writing code. Also, to make it easier there are validation tools available in the market. We can implement feature detection in code by-.

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Testsigma

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The compatibility of the code on different browsers, devices, OS combinations decides how the UI will be rendered on the front-end. However, when done manually, these intrinsic details are difficult to test and report. These test cases will be required to be run on many combinations, multiple times. When to test?

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Testsigma

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Regression testing is one of the most critical aspects of quality assurance. The aim is to check all those pieces of code that could be impacted due to these changes. It goes without saying that adopting effective regression testing strategies can save development teams hundreds of hours of debugging.

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Testsigma

MAY 24, 2021

Thus, cross-browser testing is needed in order to ensure that your visitors see your application in the same way you want them to, irrespective of the browsers they are using to access it. Testsigma is a cloud-based cross-browser testing tool that lets you easily automate the end-to-end test cases for the web.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 30, 2021

But they can accomplish even more by letting developers decide what metrics, dashboards, and insights they want to see as they’re pushing their code through each stage of the pipeline. By empowering your teams to specify SLOs at the test transaction level, you can bring your SLO-based test analysis to the next level.

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Testsigma

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Agile methodology and CI/CD require continuous testing, review, and incorporation of changes quickly on a continuous basis. Whenever there are code changes and additions, the tests get triggered automatically. The test results are evaluated and based on the pass/fail status the code is moved to production.

Mobile 52

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Testsigma

MAY 5, 2020

Regression Testing is put in place just to avoid such situations. Regression testing can be defined as testing done to verify if the code changes in a software/app have any kind of impact on the existing functionality of the product. Here we present to you a few tips for selecting regression testing test cases.

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Testsigma

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The first step is to have a stable and well-designed manual testing process and right test cases in place. When the environment, development code and manual test processes gain stability, we can start thinking about bringing automated testing in the project. Identify ideal test cases for automated testing.

Testing 40

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Testsigma

MAY 6, 2021

Why use automated testing tools for testing websites? As is clear from the above statistics, web testing requires catering to a wide spectrum of users. Of course, we can, but it is going to cost huge effort, time, test lab set-up, and resources, thus, a significantly more budget. Of this total, 92.6 percent (4.32

Mobile 52

Mobile Testing Website Internet 52

Testsigma

JANUARY 22, 2020

Mostly the automated test tools use programming languages like Java, Python, Perl, Vb script, etc. The automation tester must have good coding skills in order to design the test scripts. Self-learning is a good way to get acquainted with these programming languages that can help in designing the automated test scripts.

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Testlodge

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In other words, the API is the business layer of the software that creates a connection between the presentation layer and the data layer. API testing focuses on what’s known as the business layer of the application, meaning the testing methods will be entirely different compared to the standard GUI testing.

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Testsigma

JUNE 23, 2021

With no coding required, everyone, including subject matter experts and quality analysts, can write automated tests using simple English. Multiple features that make test maintenance very easy. Testsigma’s AI-based algorithms detect abnormalities in the existing code and automatically fix them without any human intervention.

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KeyCDN

DECEMBER 8, 2022

While this was the case in the past, this won't be an accurate statement for the present WordPress. Several website speed testing tools available could be used for this purpose. KeyCDN Website Speed Test, GTmetrix, Google PageSpeed Insights, WebPageTest, and Pingdom Tools are some great choices.

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Testsigma

DECEMBER 28, 2019

A quick explanation of the different types of testing are discussed here. What is the Objective of Regression Testing? The objective of regression testing is to check that the new code changes do not negatively impact the existing developed and tested functionalities of the application. What is Retesting?

Testing 53

Testing Hardware Testing Tools Strategy 53

Testsigma

JULY 14, 2020

According to Wikipedia, Data-Driven Testing(DDT) is a software testing methodology that is used in the testing of computer software to describe testing done using a table of conditions directly as test inputs and verifiable outputs as well as the process where test environment settings and control are not hard-coded.

Testing 63

Testing Artificial Intelligence DevOps Big Data 63

Testsigma

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Consequently, the greatest need is for all tech firms worldwide to adjust new test patterns to help them adapt to the demands of today’s advanced and competitive environment. You will track the developments for 2021 here at Testsigma and use Testsigma mobile automation tool for making testing easy and hassle-free.

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Alex Podelko

AUGUST 24, 2017

And, vice versa, if you need to test the system each iteration – soon you start to think what may be done there…. 7) As far as for a long time the “consultant” approach was practically the only option in load testing, not much tool support for performance testing automation is currently available.

Testing 140

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Testsigma

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

If we try to automate these gestures it will be too difficult and require enormous coding effort. It is advisable to perform manual testing of the gaming applications to reduce scripting effort and time. UI testing. User Interface(UI) can be best tested via real users because we want to test human interaction in this case.

Mobile 52

Mobile Testing Games Operating System 52

Testsigma

JANUARY 18, 2021

If a browser has to use a “quirk mode” or guess which coding language is used on the website, it may render your website in a different way. This helps in avoiding unnecessary bugs and omissions present in different browsers. Validation of HTML and CSS codes is one of the common cross-browser compatibility scenarios to check.

Testing 52

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Testsigma

MARCH 6, 2020

Regression testing comprises re-running the test cases of already stable features and finding out if the new code changes attributed to the new release led to any negative impacts on the existing functionalities. When is Regression Testing done? Introduction.

Best Practices 52

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KeyCDN

OCTOBER 31, 2018

In addition to allowing you to create web applications without the need for a server, this tool supports all of the advanced features you’d expect from a modern IDE like code hinting and completion. XAMPP This tried-and-true PHP tool is well supported, easy to install and free for anyone to download. In addition to PHP 7.1,

Development 57

Development Open Source Java AWS 57

Testsigma

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

The present AI technology can be leveraged in handling multiple mundane tasks that usually don’t require a lot of complex decision making. Why does Software Testing industry Need AI? Like most industries, the Software Testing Industry too has evolved a lot since it started. Create test plans automatically.

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Testsigma

OCTOBER 25, 2019

These functionalities are tested against the feature requirements making sure that all the requirements for a feature are implemented and working accordingly. The tests should be easy since they need to be reworked on by someone who did not create them at some time. You need to decide what best meets your requirements.

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2021

billion by 2025 , being present in different segments and industries. With detailed code walkthroughs , hands-on examples and common gotchas — all broken down into short, manageable lessons. The eye-tracking market is expected to be worth USD 1.75 More after jump! Mobile UX Research.

Mobile 114

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

Clean coding practices. One tool that’s particularly helpful is called Lighthouse. Instead, I suggest that web designers use another Google testing tool called Test My Site. Test My Site is a mobile page speed testing tool from Think with Google. Source: Test My Site ) ( Large preview ).

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Dean Hume

JULY 5, 2016

Without a doubt, WebPageTest is one of my favourite web performance testing tools. It's completely free to use and is such a powerful way to test your web pages from different locations all over the world. Integrate WebPageTest results into your CI tests. Compare multiple tests in test history. Very useful!

Website 40

Website Metrics Speed Testing 40

Dean Hume

JULY 5, 2016

Without a doubt, WebPageTest is one of my favourite web performance testing tools. It's completely free to use and is such a powerful way to test your web pages from different locations all over the world. Integrate WebPageTest results into your CI tests. Compare multiple tests in test history. Very useful!

Website 40

Website Metrics Speed Testing 40

Dean Hume

JULY 5, 2016

Without a doubt, WebPageTest is one of my favourite web performance testing tools. It's completely free to use and is such a powerful way to test your web pages from different locations all over the world. Integrate WebPageTest results into your CI tests. Compare multiple tests in test history. Very useful!

Website 40

Website Metrics Speed Testing 40

Testsigma

AUGUST 29, 2019

When beginning a test, you need a browser in a ready state for performing all the operations. For instance, if you are using Selenium to automate tests, we need the below boilerplate code every time to set up and initialize the browser. Test Data: Test data is a crucial part of testing. timeouts().implicitlyWait(TimeOut,

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Have we optimized enough with tree-shaking, scope hoisting, code-splitting, and all the fancy loading patterns with intersection observer, progressive hydration, clients hints, HTTP/3, service workers and — oh my — edge workers? It’s much easier to reach performance goals when the code base is fresh or is just being refactored.

Performance 145

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Is it worth exploring tree-shaking, scope hoisting, code-splitting, and all the fancy loading patterns with intersection observer, server push, clients hints, HTTP/2, service workers and — oh my — edge workers? Real User Monitoring ( RUM ) tools evaluate user interactions continuously and collect field data (e.g.

Performance 104

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Is it worth exploring tree-shaking, scope hoisting, code-splitting, and all the fancy loading patterns with intersection observer, server push, clients hints, HTTP/2, service workers and — oh my — edge workers? It’s much easier to reach performance goals when the code base is fresh or is just being refactored.

Performance 145

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