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NASA's 10 Rules for Developing Safety-Critical Code

NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Laboratory for Reliable Software developed a set of code guidelines for developing safety-critical code. The NASA's 10 rules are intended to eliminate C coding practices that make it difficult to review or properly analyze with static analysis tools. Enforce NASA's 10 Rules With Klocwork.

Choosing the Right Test Management Tool for Your Team

Building quality software requires efficient and effective software testing processes. To achieve this, it’s important to make sure your test management tool has the capabilities to support your team’s current, and future, testing needs. By following this three-step approach, you can narrow down your choices and find your perfect fit. Break out your notepad and follow along to see if your team’s needs are best described by options A, B, or C.

Clean code with PHP namespaces

A widespread issue developers run into when building applications is grouping and organizing code correctly so that it is easier for other developers to understand and collaborate. Conflicting class names, functions, and other code blocks is an issue for developers, and PHP offers a way to tackle this problem by adding namespaces to the language in PHP 5.3. In this article, you will learn everything you need to know to start using namespaces to organize your code efficiently in PHP.

API Cost Calculator: How Much Does it Cost to Build an API?

You need to save money, deploy projects faster, and spend more time on developing application experiences that enthrall users. It is practically a certainty that APIs will play a critical role in your software development process, but how much does it cost to build an API? Learn more about DreamFactory’s API cost calculator in this blog article! Here’s the key things to know about our API Cost Calclator: Table of Contents.

What is a KPI Dashboard? 6 Key Benefits & Best Practice Examples

From business-wide objectives to long-term targets, every organization has specific metrics they need to track. One way to communicate those insights is a KPI dashboard. Key performance indicator (KPI) dashboards are a great way for executives to improve their management of strategic goals, and keep on top of changes, issues and trends in performance at a high-level, with many useful applications when used correctly, alongside other modern analytics tools.

The Website Editing Checklist: Everything You Need to Consider

Hitting "publish" on a new webpage or major update is exciting, but there's a nagging fear... Did you miss something? Little mistakes can seriously impact website visitors. Before launching the next update, take a moment and follow a website editing checklist. When roughly 88% of online consumers won't return to a site after a frustrating experience, it’s important to be careful.

Quality Engineering Meets AI: A Perfect Partnership

Artificial intelligence, or AI, can be seen as the intelligence powering many aspects of modern technology. It facilitates smart computer capabilities like autonomous decision-making and data-driven learning. However, with all this sophisticated technology, it is imperative to ensure that everything functions seamlessly and dependably. Quality engineering can help with that.

Top 10 Regression Testing Tools and Frameworks That Boosts Automation

Regression testing is boring…if you are doing it manually. Indeed, it’s just not efficient when you have to manually repeat the same test steps over and over each iteration. Regression testing is best done with a regression testing tool. These tools allow you to create an automated regression test suite that you can run as a batch when the new build is available. Let’s check out the top regression testing tools on the current market. Here's a quick list.