Blog Type: Technology

Why a Spike Story Is a Good Practice in Scrum?

“If we knew what we were doing, it wouldn’t be called research.” – that’s what Albert Einstein said and he was correct. All those Agile teams using the Scrum technology know this very well, because when they are encountered with some question, problem, situation, risk or uncertainty they do not jump to a solution or […]

Adding CDATA section to XML element

This post explains the process of adding a CDATA section to an XML element using the RenderXML activity in BW6. The Tibco BW documentation (RenderXML section) contains a very basic explanation for achieving this goal, however, I would like to explain the steps required regarding these two cases: In short, the solution lies in altering […]

Comparison of JIRA Test Management Plugins

Introduction This article gives an overview of the features as well as a price comparison for some of the most used JIRA test management plugins. Comparison is made for JIRA server plug-in versions, and it is based on documentation provided for each of the plugins. The following plugins are compared: Features Comparison The following table gives […]

Design Loosely Coupled, Scalable architecture with Amazon SQS and Amazon SNS

Building powerful mechanism for decoupling application components should be part of design considerations for any architecture in the cloud. AWS messaging services SQS and SNS can be applied at architectural level to build loosely coupled systems that facilitate multiple business use cases. A fundamental thing for the project success is understanding the importance of making […]

How Can Blockchain Help HR in Businesses?

One of the most significant expenses for every business is the hiring of new people. Depending on the industry, sometimes the HR expenses (salary and employee benefits costs) can go up to 80% and even more. The functions of HR and Payroll exist to do exactly that – manage all processes which are related to […]

Laravel Spam Detection (Step by Step Guide)

As a PHP developer, you already know that Laravel is the most powerful and most used MVC PHP framework for building full-featured web applications. With its expressive and beautiful syntax and modern toolkit, Laravel is the leader in the industry. Laravel focuses on the end user first, which means its focus is on simplicity, clarity, […]

Why you should add Confluence if you are a Jira Software team?

Confluence and Jira Software separately are good, but together they`re really good. When working on a project using Scrum methodology and Jira Software, there is always need for a place where all meeting notes, all API documentation, product requirement, UI Design, release notes, JIRA reports and other reports can be stored. In addition everything will […]

Test Automation Solution with Xray and Cucumber

Xray is a complete Test Management tool for Jira. It is a full-featured app that does not require any other software in order to run. Xray supports the entire testing life cycle: test planning, test design, test execution and test reporting. On the other side, Cucumber is a framework for behavior-driven development (BDD), where the test […]

Confluence – Have Everything in One Place

Confluence is another tool of the set of Atlassian’s products, which enables steams of all sizes to create, share and collaborate on projects in one place. Confluence is an open and collaborative tool that helps your company and team stay organized and do their best all the time.  Check what Confluence is about, and if […]