Despite the rise of cloud-native and microservices architectures, mainframes continue to run the core systems of some of the world's most important industries—from banking and insurance to government and healthcare. These systems, often written in COBOL, PL/I, or Assembler, are not going anywhere soon. However, testing mainframe applications has traditionally lagged behind in automation, agility, [...]
If you've automated test cases, you'll know that it can be quite frustrating when your tests fail, either randomly or because of some unforeseen issue. You end up spending your resources to go back and trace the source of the issue, trying to fix it. Quite often, these efforts feel in vain because some other [...]
When most people discuss protecting the environment, their thoughts reflexively jump to solar panels, electric cars, or ocean cleanup efforts. Software testing is hardly ever mentioned. But each automated test that runs, every temporary server that spins up, and each pipeline that executes consumes energy. Our technology may not puff out black smoke, but it [...]
Today, the software development environment is extremely dynamic, and clarity is the power. Without a clear blueprint, teams can easily become misaligned, mired in misinterpretations, feature creep, and overwork. This is exactly why your Software Requirement Specification (SRS) document is so crucial. An SRS document is not just a piece of formality but the technical [...]
Security testing is gaining more traction as we head into a world driven by data. You can do almost everything online - buy groceries, enroll in classes, conduct important business meetings, pay your bills, and much more. You would not want your data, say your mobile number or credit card number, to get into the [...]
AI is everywhere, even in testing. These days, more and more tools are finding ways to incorporate AI into them to make life easier for software testers. Are these AI testing tools any different from the regular testing tools? How do these tools incorporate AI? What AI testing tools to choose from? This article will [...]
Software development has also come quite a long way from waterfall models to Agile methodologies and DevOps culture. CI/CD, which stands for Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery/Deployment, is one of the most transformative practices that has enabled faster, more predictable, and scalable application delivery. Let's discuss continuous integration and continuous delivery, their importance, and how [...]
Every phase is important in the software development lifecycle (SDLC), but you could argue none as more definitive and impactful than QA sign-off. Also known as the “final seal of approval,” the QA sign-off indicates that a product meets quality standards and is ready for production release. This time, although very significant, is sometimes neglected, [...]
We make use of Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Gemini, or CoPilot for daily work. But do you find yourself sometimes questioning the sanity of the responses of these models? You might have meant one thing but their response is something else entirely. Before you go all out blaming the AI model for giving [...]
Artificial Intelligence is indeed changing the way software is tested, changing the very definition of Quality Assurance, and raising the bar across industries. So many testing tools and frameworks are also integrating intelligent automation with AI technologies to enhance accuracy, speed, and reliability in testing outcomes. This transition brings a new set of expectations and [...]
