SOAP and REST both allow you to create your own API. API stands for Application Programming Interface. It makes it possible to transfer data from an application to other applications. An API receives requests and sends back responses through internet protocols such as HTTP, SMTP, and others. Many popular websites provide public APIs for their … Continue reading SOAP vs. REST →

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Developers need a backend framework to create an application with which user can interact and perform some actions (which result in responses). In this context, the backend is defined as the subordinate processor or program (not directly accessible by users), which performs a specialized function on behalf of a main processor or software system. You … Continue reading Discovering Backend Frameworks →

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When Spring came out, it was a simpler, a light-weight alternative to J2EE, to make J2EE development easier. Enterprise Java refers to Java enterprise software. It’s a computer software used to satisfy the needs of an organization rather than individual users. Examples can include: accounting software, billing Management, business process management, CMS, CRM, ERP, etc. … Continue reading Spring Framework →

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Raw Coverage vs. Meaningful Tests If you’re shooting for a high-coverage number at the expense of a solid, meaningful, clean test suite, you lose value. A well-maintained suite of tests gives you confidence in your code and is even the basis for quickly and safely refactoring. Noisy and/or meaningless tests mean that you can’t rely … Continue reading Test Coverage →

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In this post I will be looking at mutation testing. This is aimed at people who are not familiar with mutation testing. I will give an introduction to what mutation testing is; show some examples of what it can do; consider its limitations and look at how mutation testing can be added to a Java … Continue reading Mutation – Testing your tests →

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When Should You Use React? React shines when you have lots of dynamic content changing within the view. Most client-side solutions on the web today struggle with rendering large lists of items within a single view. This “struggle” may be on the order of milliseconds, but in this increasingly digital world, a half a second … Continue reading Angular vs. React →

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What is Security testing? Security Testing is a variant of Software Testing which ensures, that system and applications in an organization, are free from any loopholes that may cause a big loss. Security testing of any system is about finding all possible loopholes and weaknesses of the system which might result into a loss of … Continue reading Security Testing →

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Static Testing also is known as ‘dry run testing’ is a software testing technique used during SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) that involves examination of the code prior to the program’s execution. It does not actually require the application to be executed. Static Testing may be of specific types and include code analysis, inspection, code reviews, data … Continue reading Static Analysis →

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Over the past few months, I’ve been asked the same general question about Angular multiple times in onsite training classes, while helping customers with their architecture, or when talking with company leaders about the direction web technologies are heading. After hearing that general question over and over I decided it was time to put together a post … Continue reading Some benefits of Angular and Typescript! →

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An important thing to consider for software testing is the difference between unit testing and integration testing. The purpose of a unit test in software engineering is to verify the behavior of a relatively small piece of software, independently from other parts. Unit tests are narrow in scope, and allow us to cover all cases, … Continue reading Unit Test vs. Integration Test →

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