Open-Source Testing Tools for API Development – Part 4

Open-Source Testing Tools for API Development – Backend Testing Author: John Ormerod, W3Partnership Limited Date: July 2017 Introduction In part 1 of this series, I covered my experience with: API Definition Unit Testing. In part 2, I covered: Calling APIs: Test Clients This will be followed by two more instalments: In part 3, I covered: Function and Load Tests SoapUI JMeter In my final instalment, I cover: Part 4 Mocking…

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Closing the Digital Divide

Closing the Digital Divide – Seven things you need to get right in order to take advantage of the digitised supply chain. More than ever before, commerce today relies upon close collaboration between businesses at all stages of the supply chain. This enables suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and ultimately customers to benefit from a boost in performance, reduced time-to-market and lower costs. Ultimately this means bigger profits, but it also gives…

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Open-Source Testing Tools for API Development – Part 3

Introduction In part 1 of this series, I covered my experience with: API Definition Unit Testing. In part 2, I covered: Calling APIs: Test Clients This will be followed by two more instalments: In this (part 3), I cover: Function and Load Tests SoapUI JMeter This will be followed by the final instalment: Part 4 Mocking back-end services Some of the tools were recommended by colleagues on projects, some I…

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50 ways to leave your lover, (with apologies to Paul Simon)

  Paul Simon was one half of the famous Simon and Garfunkel (http://bit.ly/NQ4DeH ). He wrote 50 ways to leave a lover but left 42 of them to our imagination! When you’re in love you think that the relationship is never going to end. The world is beautiful and whilst you may argue sometimes; you always get over those differences. Your partner is bright, funny, makes you laugh and well…

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Open-Source Testing Tools for API development – Part 1

Author: John Ormerod, W3Partnership Limited Date: December 2016 Copyright Copyright subsists in all W3Partnership publications. Except as permitted by Copyright Law, no extract may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means – electronic, photocopying, recording or otherwise – without the prior permission in writing from W3Partnership. © W3Partnership Limited (2016) Contact Address: W3Partnership Limited 18a Kendale Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire, HP3 8NN…

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W3Partnership becomes a Digital Outcomes supplier, how will this affect customers?

The world is increasingly turning towards digital technology and the cloud to transform business processes and make the handling of data more streamlined. Whilst the public sector may have been slow to grasp this move to a digital world at first, it’s now starting to catch up. The UK Government has launched its own Digital Marketplace, making it easier for public sector bodies to buy the digital services that they…

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Payment Service Directive (PSD2) and what it means for retailers

The revised Payment Services Directive ( PSD2 ) was adopted by the European parliament in the final quarter of last year. Yet many retailers remain unclear about what it actually means for them or for their businesses. Let’s take a look at what changes it will make, why they’re important and how developing strong API’s will be key to implementing this new directive. Background The idea of the original Payments Services…

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