Tuesday, September 2, 2025

AI/ML & the “Small Wonder” Connection

Back in the late 80s and early 90s, many of us grew up watching Small Wonder, the sitcom about Vicki, a human-like robot created by engineer Ted Lawson.

Monday, September 1, 2025

Starting Your Journey in Data Science with Python

When I first looked at data science, it felt like standing at the foot of a mountain statistics, machine learning, algorithms, endless buzzwords. Where do you even begin?

Monday, October 28, 2024

Unlocking the Power of Web Robots with XPath: A Practical Guide

In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, the need for accurate and fast data gathering has become essential across industries. Enter web robots (or web scrapers), which automate the process of extracting data from websites. At the core of efficient web robots is XPath (XML Path Language), a powerful syntax used to navigate and identify specific elements on a webpage.

Thursday, October 10, 2024

Comprehensive Guide to API Testing Using Postman

APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) are the backbone of modern web and mobile applications, enabling data exchange between applications, services, and users. As a tester, ensuring the reliability, functionality, and performance of APIs is crucial. Postman, a powerful API testing tool, has become the go-to for testers due to its user-friendly interface and robust capabilities. In this guide, we’ll dive into API testing using Postman, covering the fundamentals, setup, types of testing, and some best practices.


What is Postman?

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Tips to build your test data

Let us see the different types of test data:

Test data types

a. Application configuration data

Your application likely needs test data to function (or even launch). Examples of application configuration data include the information to connect to database(s), admin user name and password and server information (e.g. email server) in order to send email notifications.