Rigor
DECEMBER 19, 2019
Reading time 4 min It’s important for both technical and business teams to understand the different web performance monitoring options that are available as well as their various use cases and the benefits of each. Let’s start with a brief definition of two of the more prominent web performance methodologies: synthetic monitoring and real user monitoring (also known as RUM).
Simform
DECEMBER 17, 2019
Business logic can be written and tested in many ways to build a substantial software. However, this can turn into a never-ending exercise since you may find yourself going through the same path and around the same starting point. The post Test Automation Best Practices and Tips appeared first on Insights on Latest Software Technologies - Simform Blog.
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Tasktop
DECEMBER 19, 2019
This weekend, I was watching the movie Elf and it got me thinking – how does Santa’s Workshop keep up with the demands of a booming population? I saw the manager keeping track of production quotas on a clipboard. There’s a single magical book that contains what everyone wants for Christmas, but it’s unclear how this information is shared with the teams responsible for production and delivery.
DZone
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Do you know? For Android, iOS, and other apps, release frequencies vary. Managed app testing leader Testlio recently queried more than 75K client release records, covering a diverse range of industries (including Commerce, Education, Entertainment, Finance, Productivity, Sports, and Travel). Collectively, these Testlio clients have a user base of more than 1.5 billion people.
Scalegrid
DECEMBER 16, 2019
MongoDB is the #3 open source database and the #1 NoSQL database in the world. It’s a cross-platform document-oriented database that uses JSON-like documents with schema, and is leveraged broadly across startup apps up to enterprise-level businesses developing modern apps. While you may assume a great majority of the cloud database deployments are run on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform, small to medium-sized businesses in particular are gravitating towards the developer-friendly cloud provi
Dynatrace
DECEMBER 17, 2019
Dynatrace news. Dynatrace ONE has redefined the Dynatrace customer experience through our innovative in-product assistance and Dynatrace ONE premium subscription offerings. I wanted to take the time to call out and accentuate the true value of Dynatrace’s in-product assistance (aka “live chat”) and the Dynatrace ONE team of product experts behind it!
The Netflix TechBlog
DECEMBER 17, 2019
Andreas Andreakis , Ioannis Papapanagiotou Overview Change-Data-Capture (CDC) allows capturing committed changes from a database in real-time and propagating those changes to downstream consumers [1][2]. CDC is becoming increasingly popular for use cases that require keeping multiple heterogeneous datastores in sync (like MySQL and ElasticSearch) and addresses challenges that exist with traditional techniques like dual-writes and distributed transactions [3][4].
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Uber Engineering
DECEMBER 19, 2019
Every day around the world, millions of trips take place across the Uber network, giving users more reliable transportation through ridesharing, bikes, and scooters, drivers and truckers additional opportunities to earn, employees and employers more convenient business travel, and hungry … The post Uber Infrastructure in 2019: Improving Reliability, Driving Customer Satisfaction appeared first on Uber Engineering Blog.
Dynatrace
DECEMBER 16, 2019
Dynatrace news. Many of us are already familiar with technical debt. And while the concept is not new, the disruptions of cloud transformation and increasing time-to-market pressures shine a bright light on its many downsides. Summarized: technical debt is measured by the catch-up rework required to compensate for poor decisions. And while there’s always more than one way to solve a problem, short-sightedness should not rule the decision.
The Netflix TechBlog
DECEMBER 17, 2019
Andreas Andreakis , Ioannis Papapanagiotou Overview Change-Data-Capture (CDC) allows capturing committed changes from a database in real-time and propagating those changes to downstream consumers [1][2]. CDC is becoming increasingly popular for use cases that require keeping multiple heterogeneous datastores in sync (like MySQL and ElasticSearch) and addresses challenges that exist with traditional techniques like dual-writes and distributed transactions [3][4].
DZone
DECEMBER 19, 2019
Find out more about cross-browser testing! In the past two decades, there has seen a tremendous increase in the web. There were about 2.4 Million websites in 1998 and now there are approx 1.8 billion. More devices result in more users, more platforms and more browsers and eventually more ways in which your website can be viewed. You may also like: How Cross-Browser Testing Is Evolving.
Uber Engineering
DECEMBER 17, 2019
Uber’s busy 2019 included our billionth delivery of an Uber Eats order, 24 million miles covered by bike and scooter riders on our platform, and trips to top destinations such as the Empire State Building, the Eiffel Tower, and the … The post Uber’s Data Platform in 2019: Transforming Information to Intelligence appeared first on Uber Engineering Blog.
Dynatrace
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Dynatrace news. You can stop reading this if you don’t know the terms AppMon, Agent Group, System Profile, or Transaction Flow. “I’m happy—no need to change” Most of our AppMon customers are already in the process of upgrading from AppMon to the Dynatrace platform. For those AppMon customers who are still investigating the tremendous value that the Dynatrace software intelligence platform provides, consider the following excerpts from customers like you after making the s
The Netflix TechBlog
DECEMBER 17, 2019
Andreas Andreakis, Ioannis Papapanagiotou Continue reading on Netflix TechBlog ».
DZone
DECEMBER 18, 2019
Increasing system complexity. Cloud-native applications are a type of complex system that depends on the continuous effort of software professionals that combines the best of their expertise to keep them running. In other words, their reliability isn't self-sustaining, but is a result of the interactions of all the different actors engaged in their design, build, and operation.
MachMetrics
DECEMBER 14, 2019
With another year winding down, it’s time for us to take stock of how our site performance compares to the average page load times for 2020. Similar to our article Average Page Load Times for 2018 , we’ll go over the averages for metrics and help you determine if your site is faster or slower than average. Source: ThinkWithGoogle. As you know, there are many metrics that determine a website’s page speed, and we can’t look at just one of them to determine how performant ou
Dynatrace
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Dynatrace news. Real User Monitoring (RUM) is one of the building blocks of Dynatrace Digital Experience Monitoring and the only way to monitor your users’ experience. Another building block is Synthetic Monitoring , which adds two additional and important use cases that are hard to cover with RUM. Availability monitoring —Is my application working 24 x 7?
Alex Podelko
DECEMBER 19, 2019
The CMG Impact conference (February 10-12, 2020 in Las Vegas) is coming. Looking at the program I have the same problem as I always had with CMG conferences – how could I attend all the sessions I want considering that we have multiple tracks? Even when I took out the sessions that don’t directly cover the topics of my primary interests as well as mainframe-specific presentations, I ended up with 21 sessions in 2.5 days.
DZone
DECEMBER 17, 2019
Find out how to create a successful project. Too often, there are factors that can lead to a major change. A change that affects a lot of processes and people involved in the software development process. Here, let’s have a look at how changing a test management tool can have an impact on a project that works perfectly well from all points of view. You may also like: 17 Lessons I Learned for Writing Effective Test Cases.
O'Reilly
DECEMBER 16, 2019
Although blockchain technology is still in its early days, momentum has been building in the enterprise. While there has been much focus on blockchains in banking and payments, its impact has already extended far beyond finance. Here is a glimpse of just some of this work and the kind of intense learning that can be leveraged across industries. Health care.
Testsigma
DECEMBER 18, 2019
To improve the quality of a software product built by developers, software testing is the key. Testing is essential to ensure that the end product delivered is stable and works according to the required specifications. As software testing plays a significant role in the delivery of the final product, it is necessary to consider that the testing process must involve accurate, exhaustive test cases and firm test strategy.
SQL Performance
DECEMBER 17, 2019
One initial, easy step to moving your SQL Server on-premises workloads to the cloud is using Azure VMs to run your SQL Server workloads in an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) scenario. This removes the burden of purchasing and maintaining your hardware, storage and networking infrastructure, while still giving you a very familiar experience with Windows and SQL Server itself.
DZone
DECEMBER 16, 2019
Surely, 2019 was the year we solved massive security breaches. Right? Right?
Edge Perspectives
DECEMBER 17, 2019
Questions are powerful. Especially the ones That don’t yet have an answer. They can inspire us To leave our comfort zone And launch us on a quest, A journey, One with many obstacles But also many rewards. They can motivate us To come together In a shared quest. They cultivate humility And curiosity, Giving us the strength To overcome our fear And venture out to the edge Together Where new insights await Those who are bold enough To explore.
Testsigma
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Software Testing has changed a lot! Earlier, manual testing ruled the world of testing, however, test automation increasingly became a reality in most organizations developing software. Testing continued to evolve, and it took advantage of technology innovations. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is one such technology that has made a substantial contribution to automation in general.
SQL Shack
DECEMBER 19, 2019
SQL While loop and cursor are the most common approach to repeat a statement on condition-based or determined limits. Loop and cursor can be utilized in a circumstance to deal with row-based processing in T-SQL. We generally observe moderate execution of old made procedures, which are composed of using loop and cursors. Those procedures take […].
DZone
DECEMBER 20, 2019
Learn more about publishing Spring boot actuator metrics! The metrics generated by the Spring Boot Actuator module of Spring Boot can be easily published to a Dynatrace cloud instance. This article will give you a step-by-step guide for obtaining that.
Edge Perspectives
DECEMBER 19, 2019
I love paradox. Today I’m going explore not just one, but two, paradoxes. Both are related to the role of leadership in our changing world. The first paradox: in a world of mounting performance pressure, we seek “strong” leaders with all the answers, when what we need are leaders with powerful questions. The second paradox: those who have become disillusioned with the status quo are becoming champions of highly decentralized, leaderless “organizations,” when in fact we need leaders more than eve
Rigor
DECEMBER 19, 2019
It’s important for both technical and business teams to understand the different web performance monitoring options that are available as well as their various use cases and the benefits of each. Let’s start with a brief definition of two of the more prominent web performance methodologies: synthetic monitoring and real. The post Synthetic Monitoring vs.
Tasktop
DECEMBER 18, 2019
A year ago Gene Kim and I were sitting at a bar in Detroit, discussing the Gemba Walk that we were invited to by Chris O’Malley, the CEO of Compuware. That conversation quickly turned to a problem that Gene had with the current state of The Unicorn Project. The characters were there, the plot was there, but it was lacking any unifying principles that would help readers act on the lessons revealed by the book narrative.
DZone
DECEMBER 18, 2019
This is how change happens. Cloud-native applications are a type of complex system that depends on the continuous effort of software professionals that combines the best of their expertise to keep them running. In other words, their reliability isn't self-sustaining, but is a result of the interactions of all the different actors engaged in their design, build, and operation.
The Morning Paper
DECEMBER 15, 2019
My children broke up from school this past weekend, which seems as good a reason as any to call this ‘end of term’ for The Morning Paper. I’ll be taking a break until the New Year, topping up my reading lists and getting ready for a whole new crop of papers and discoveries. The Morning Paper will resume on Monday 6th January. Since term began on the 19th August we’ve looked at 50 different papers, and I had the pleasure of attending VLDB and HPTS in person as well.
Rigor
DECEMBER 19, 2019
It’s important for both technical and business teams to understand the different web performance monitoring options that are available as well as their various use cases and the benefits of each. Let’s start with a brief definition of two of the more prominent web performance methodologies: synthetic monitoring and real. The post Synthetic Monitoring vs.
MachMetrics
DECEMBER 14, 2019
MachMetrics is a premium site speed monitoring tool used by #webperf enthusiasts worldwide. We have always offered a free plan to those who are happy with a few website tests per day. However we’re now announcing a new premium free plan for open source projects or non-profits. Do you run an open source project? Are you in charge of an open source project?
DZone
DECEMBER 16, 2019
Learn how to use test branches! Heraclitus, a Greek philosopher, once said that "change is the only constant in life." These words fit perfectly with today's agile approach to software development and continuous delivery through a CI/CD pipeline. In this environment of continuous software change, it is extremely hard to keep up with testing and often times teams will compromise quality in favor of speed.
Scalegrid
DECEMBER 19, 2019
When it comes to connection pooling in the PostgreSQL world, PgBouncer is probably the most popular option. It’s a very simple utility that does exactly one thing – it sits between the database and the clients and speaks the PostgreSQL protocol, emulating a PostgreSQL server. A client connects to PgBouncer with the exact same syntax it would use when connecting directly to PostgreSQL – PgBouncer is essentially invisible.
Dynatrace
DECEMBER 16, 2019
Dynatrace news. In Part 1 of this blog series – Getting ready! A taste of what’s to come at Perform 2020’s “Release Better Software Faster” track – we highlighted what you can expect to learn about best practices for sessions 1 – 4 at Perform 2020. This blog, Part 2, we’ll be doing the same for sessions 5 – 7. If you recall from Part 1 , we went over survey results that showed 95% of companies are still not fully leveraging the power of DevOps, automation, cloud-native, or NoOp
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