Products

Problems
we solve

We can help your business

Request a Free Demo / trial

Insights

Calleo News | From a different perspective | Insights | Insights Featured | Insights Trending | Under The Spotlight
4 January, 2023

The Top Testing Articles of 2022

We all thought 2021 was a crazy year, but then 2022 hit. The pandemic lingered on, war kicked off, energy prices surged, and interest rates started to climb. Suffice to say, things aren’t ideal at the moment.  

Throughout all this chaos, software testers have striven to increase quality, accelerate projects and reduce costs. It’s a good job we all like a challenge.

Thankfully, 2022 was a great year for other reasons.

Increasingly, technology is making our lives easier and allowing us all to do more with less.

2022 was also a big year for us here at Calleo. We successfully launched our Testing Times Newsletter which has exceeded all our expectations! If you have not yet seen it or subscribed, you can do so here: Testing Times

In this 2022 roundup, we’ll look back at our top 4 articles that resonated most with you, our readers. Just in case you missed them.

1. LoadRunner Cloud, Professional or Enterprise? Which one is right for you?

Most of you will be aware of, the LoadRunner suite of performance testing products. But do you really know the toolset, and how each product differs?

Well, we’re confident that more of you know now than did a year ago!

LoadRunner Cloud, Professional or Enterprise? Which one is right for you?is our most-read article of 2022 explains the difference between the tools.

We recommend you read the article for a detailed breakdown, but here’s a very high-level look at the differences:

  1. If you’re need run web and mobile tests, without setting up dedicated infrastructure, then LoadRunner Cloud is your best option.
  2. If you need the widest possible protocol support and complex load scenarios, then you need LoadRunner Professional.
  3. If you run enterprise-grade, globally distributed performance engineering projects, then LoadRunner Enterprise is the choice for you.

2. Jira – Great For Developers, Not Ideal For Testers

Jira is a great tool, but it’s not an enterprise-ready test management solution. Unfortunately, a lot of businesses are using it for exactly that purpose and running into issues.

In Jira – Great For Developers, Not Ideal For Testerswe look at why using Jira for test management is problematic, and what you should look for in a proper test management tool, without it costing a fortune.

3. The Selenium Myth: It’s Not As Free As You Think

Selenium is free, right? Well sure there’s no license cost, but the cost of ownership is far from free. In fact, when you factor in human effort and associated costs, Selenium is often more expensive than paid automation tools. 

In The Selenium Myth: It’s Not As Free As You Think we look at why free isn’t always free, and how Selenium often ends up costing more than others tools. As a sneak peek, these factors include:

  1. Slow scripting times
  2. Laborious maintenance
  3. Limited support for enterprise applications
  4. Selenium isn’t embracing AI

4. Chaos Testing: What it is, and Why You Need it! 

As we announced this year, LoadRunner Cloud and LoadRunner Professional both now include the ability to perform chaos testing. This begs the question though, what exactly is chaos testing?

In What is Chaos Engineering? (and Why You Need It)we explain chaos testing, and how you can use it to help build resilience into your production systems.

As a quick summary, chaos testing can help you:

  1. Understand how failures affect your solution
  2. Test your redundant systems (if you have any)
  3. Identify components that need additional resilience

What’s in store for 2023?

In many ways, 2023 will be like 2022. We expect ever-tightening budgets, and an increasing reliance on test tools to save time and cost.

As we predicted, AI Automation really took off in 2022. In 2023 more and more companies will use AI to get ahead of the game and accelerate testing. 

You can rest assured that whatever happens in 2023, Calleo will keep you informed.

Stephen Davis
by Stephen Davis

Stephen Davis is the founder of Calleo Software, a OpenText (formerly Micro Focus) Gold Partner. His passion is to help test professionals improve the efficiency and effectiveness of software testing.

To view Stephen's LinkedIn profile and connect 

Stephen Davis LinkedIn profile

4th January 2023
BlazeMeter Are Lying About LoadRunner

BlazeMeter is Lying About LoadRunner

The people at BlazeMeter are comparing their solution against the wrong version of LoadRunner. This is a deliberate attempt to obscure their actual competition: LoadRunner Cloud.

should developers test

Should We Expect Developers to Test?

In my latest Testing Times newsletter, I discussed Microsoft and their poor software quality. This led to a couple of conversations on LinkedIn comments concerning Microsoft’s approach to testing… and whether developers should ‘test their own homework’ as the saying goes. Click the newsletter link to read the comments in full.

Microsoft issues

When Will Microsoft Step Up? A Customer’s Plea for Improvement

Microsoft (MS) has dominated the software landscape for decades, boasting vast resources and some of the brightest engineering minds. Yet, despite this wealth of talent, many users struggle with persistent issues that raise questions about the company’s commitment to quality and customer satisfaction.

the impact of cognitive biases on software testing

Software Testers: How Your Brain Plays Tricks on You

What if I told you that, despite your best efforts, your brain could be sabotaging your testing approach? And that while you’ve spent your entire software testing career trying to find the biggest, juiciest bugs, your subconscious has had other goals altogether?

How to think like a top tester

How to Think Like a Top Tester: The 3 Essential Skills That Nobody Teaches

To become a top tester, you need three critical skills often overlooked in traditional training. These skills are simple to understand and easy to adopt, but they have made a huge difference in my career and will help take yours to the next level. They also have nothing to do with software testing.

4 Lessons We Can Learn

How NASA Does Software Testing: 4 Lessons We Can Learn

As a software tester, I’ve always wondered how organisations like NASA test their critical systems. After all, their systems are unique and complex, and the stakes are almost incomprehensibly high—a single software bug can result in catastrophic failure and loss of life.

Insights

Search

Related Articles

To get other software testing insights, like this, direct to you inbox join the Calleo mailing list.

You can, of course, unsubscribe 

at any time!

By signing up you consent to receiving regular emails from Calleo with updates, tips and ideas on software testing along with the occasional promotion for software testing products. You can, of course, unsubscribe at any time. Click here for the privacy policy.

Sign up to receive the latest, Software Testing Insights, news and to join the Calleo mailing list.

You can, of course, unsubscribe at any time!

By signing up you consent to receiving regular emails from Calleo with updates, tips and ideas on software testing along with the occasional promotion for software testing products. You can, of course, unsubscribe at any time. Click here for the privacy policy.