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Marlabs and Functionize Partner Together to Transform Software Testing

Marlabs Inc., announced today their partnership with Functionize, the creator of the first autonomous cloud-based testing platform.

Why Test Automation is Essential for CI/CD

While CI/CD test automation is often neglected, it is an essential component to the software development. Learn more about test automation here.

How to Deal with the Challenges of Cross-Browser Testing

A deep dive into cross-browser testing, including the challenges QA teams face such as frequent browser updates, difficulty of automation etc.

Challenges & Benefits Of Microservices Test Automation | Part 2

Microservices Test Automation can be challenging. Here are 5 tips to improve microservices-based applicaiton testing, since traditional ones are not sufficient.

Top 7 Reasons to Move Your Tests to the Cloud | What You Are Missing if You Don't

Learn the top 7 reasons to move to cloud based testing including factors such as near infinite scalability, speed, and cost.

Worst of the Worst—The Biggest Software Fails in Recent Memory

A look back at very catastrophic software failures, serving as good reminders that can incentivize software professionals the importance of testing with platforms like Functionize that enable efficient, comprehensive, and automated testing fully supporting Agile development, DevOps, and CI/CD.

July 26th in New York: Digital Transformation Experiences in the Cloud

How to Test Microservices

An explanation of microservices software architecture, and tips on how to test microservices without traditional testing methodologies.

A QA Perspective on Measuring and Managing Technical Debt

How to manage technical dept, an attachment to every software system, so your team can consistently release quality software products?

Types of Software Testing

A review of software testing types, including unit, integration, functional, end-to-end, acceptance, performance and exploratory testing.

The Impact of Cognitive Bias on Software Testing

How Functionize can prevent cognitive bias in software testing, by utilizing fully autonomous test modeling that is 100% based on live user analysis, expanding coverage derived from live user interactions.

Why Upstream Unit Testing Is Important

Get a closer look as to why unit testing is important in order to minimize development risk, including a pre-QA checklist for developers.

Choosing The Right CI/CD Tools

A deep dive into continuous integration and continuous delivery or development from a variety of CI and CD tools.

What is End-to-end Testing?

A closer look at end-to-end testing, and tips on how to improve its planning and automation to ensure necessary coverage in your web application.

Building a Testing Team | Automation Tester Roles and Responsibilities

Factors to consider when building a software test automation team, including automation team roles and responsibilities, company culture etc.

The Importance of Planning your Tests

Why test planning should be a key part of any project plan no matter the development model you are using.

AI-Autonomous Models That Are Transforming Business

Explore how autonomous AI is being used to create new models for business, that improve the performance of their companies and protect the bottom line.

Success Factors For Test Automation In An Agile Environment

8 tips and success factors for agile test automation to help your team achieve the highest level of automation.

What is Selenium Grid | Scaling Test Executions

What is Selenium Grid, the youngest member of the Selenium family, which allows to coordinate multiple instances of Selenium running across different servers.

Cultivating the Right Mindset for Successful Test Automation

How to build a test automation strategy that will effectively support the needs of your team and business goals? Find out here.

Part 2: AI's impact on Business | Visual Intelligence

Part two of our series on AI's impact on business, and how neural networks, computer vision, visual intelligence are just a few that can empower all businesses.

Achieve Higher Levels of Maturity in Testing Automation

How to improve your test automation maturity model within a development pipeline, and why adding machine learning can improve your automation suite? Learn here.

The Future Of Software Automation Testing | Part 2

Part 2 of our software QA discussion with Rebecca Karch, including topics on test automation challenges, trends shaping the future of software automation testing, and skills that will prepare testers for changes to the testing landscape

The Future Of Software Automation Testing | Part 1

A discussion with Rebecca Karch on the future of software automation testing, evolving the role of software QA, how it relates to continuous delivery, etc.

Scalability in Automated Testing

Success in test automation depends on planning, design, and implementation with care. The same goes for any activity that involves scaling an automated testing.

Impact of AI on business

An overview of AI including influences on business and future implications of this driving force behind many of the greatest innovations in computing.

Jon Seaton, Director of Data Science, to Speak at Big Data Innovation Summit

Functionize has been invited to present at this year’s Big Data Innovation Summit in Las Vegas World-class speakers and delegates will be in attendance.

User Acceptance Testing

What is UAT in software testing? Why, when and how should one do it to design a software efficiently and reduce time to fix future bugs.

Test Automation in a Kubernetes-Spinnaker CD Pipeline

Discover how Functionize will allow your development team to use test automation in a Spinnaker Kubernetes CD Pipeline.

Benefits of Small Batch Testing

What is batch testing in software testing and why small batch testing is more preferable over big batch testing? Find out here!

5 Ways to Increase Customer Retention

Tactics to improve customer retention rates including why you are losing customers, improving relationships, and loyalty incentives.

The Importance of Beta Testing

Factors to consider when beta testing software applications, including how to prepare for launch, and beta testing automation solutions.

Functionize QA Testing Gives Zenefits Greater Time and Certainty

Don't Crash the Party: How to Ensure Your App's Stability

Tips to improve and preserve web application stability including good memory management, better error handling, improved software development processes, etc.

Discovering the Children of AI: Machine Learning & Deep Learning

Have a closer look at machine learning and deep learning, explore some of the nuances and break some myths.

Kubernetes in Automated Software Testing

Kubernetes takes deployment and operation of applications one step closer to total automation. Learn more about Kubernetes automation.