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“If you don’t care about quality, you can meet any other requirement” Gerald M. Weinberg Software testing has never been a walk in the park. It demands expertise in software development, users’ behavior, the software under test architecture, stakeholders’ requirements, and programming knowledge. Quality teams know firsthand how challenging it is to ensure software quality when its architecture is becoming more complex and teams are releasing at a pace faster than ever.

Software testing techniques help us ensure that our software meets all the requirements. The goal of testing techniques is to find out missing requirements, gaps, and errors in comparison to the actual requirements. Finding the right testing technique can be a little challenging. These techniques help us to identify test conditions. Note that there are multiple types of testing. One example is the black box testing technique. In this process, developers test their applications through different inputs.

This year, there are more commercial tools offering no-code and low-code test automation solutions, helping the testing community to worry less about the tech stack. As the testing industry evolves with many new principles and tools, testers should also continuously improve their skills in order to test their product more robustly.

Money has been gradually digitized for decades, and the electronic transfer of funds is nothing new. But over the last five to ten years, internet technology and e-commerce have made digital payment methods the standard; these trends have sped up dramatically since the pandemic. Gen Z is leading the fray with near-total adoption and use of digital payments.

Most software projects leverage synthetic tests to verify functionality early on, but physical devices are the ultimate form of quality assurance. While a few smartphones may suffice early on, a growing user base means quality assurance teams must ensure support for a broad range of devices, operating systems, and browsers with public or private device clouds. Device clouds make it easier to manage devices and run automated tests from anywhere.

Say hello to the newest features of Tricentis Test Management for Jira (TTM for Jira)! Now, TTM for Jira improves productivity for QA, dev, and delivery teams by keeping test plans, test cases, and history inside Jira. The latest releases include new APIs, along with UX and performance improvements for faster teamwork.

The first month of 2023 has already ended and we are excited to share the new updates and features that we implemented in Loadero over the past month and some of the fixes we made during that time. If you are using Loadero to test WebRTC solutions, make sure to read the section about updates for WebRTC metrics gathering, it also has information about important upcoming changes.