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Engineering Practices for LLM Application Development

Martin Fowler

Here David Tan and Jessie Wang reflect on how regular engineering practices such as testing and refactoring helped them deliver a prototype LLM application rapidly and reliably. LLM engineering involves much more than just prompt design or prompt engineering.

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How to make your web application more secure by using Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST) – PART 3 of Application Security Testing series

Xebia

Introduction Welcome to part three of the blog series about Application Security Testing. In part one of this series, we looked at Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and in part two at Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST). The agent must be loaded together with your application.

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How to make your web application more secure by using Static Application Security Testing (PART 1 of 5 in Application Security Testing series)

Xebia

During this blog series we are going to look at different types of Application Security Testing (AST), Software Composition Analysis (SCA) and secret scanning. They are used to identify security vulnerabilities in applications. The source code for this application can be found here: vulnerable app.

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Tricentis Launches Mobile Application Testing Grid

DevOps.com

Tricentis added a Virtual Mobile Grid service to its portfolio to make it simpler to test mobile applications at scale.

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Peak Performance: Continuous Testing & Evaluation of LLM-Based Applications

Speaker: Aarushi Kansal, AI Leader & Author and Tony Karrer, Founder & CTO at Aggregage

Software leaders who are building applications based on Large Language Models (LLMs) often find it a challenge to achieve reliability. To effectively create reliable LLM-based (often with RAG) applications, extensive testing and evaluation processes are crucial. It’s no surprise given the non-deterministic nature of LLMs.

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How to make your web application more secure by using Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) – PART 2 of Application Security Testing series

Xebia

Introduction Welcome to part two of the Application Security Testing series. Like I mentioned in the previous blog, during this blog series we are going to look at the different types of Application Security Testing and Software Composition Analysis. This time we will focus on Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST).

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Don’t make the biggest mistake in application modernization projects

CIO

Application modernization isn’t simply a trend; it’s the mandate for every IT organization. The cost of running old applications and the infrastructure that supports them is problematic. To make a difference, applications must be fundamentally “rebuilt” to gain the desired benefits.

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Monetizing Analytics Features: Why Data Visualizations Will Never Be Enough

Think your customers will pay more for data visualizations in your application? Discover which features will differentiate your application and maximize the ROI of your embedded analytics. Five years ago they may have. But today, dashboards and visualizations have become table stakes. Brought to you by Logi Analytics.

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How User Acceptance Testing Can Save You Time and Money

Speaker: J.B. Siegel, VP of Client Services, Seamgen

He’ll discuss how user testing allows you to really understand your users - and how to use the insights to inform your product strategy. In this webinar, you'll learn: How to define your MVP application. The right tools for successful user testing. The benefits of user acceptance testing.

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A Microservices Strategy Underpins Every Successful Cloud Native Migration

In a cloud native world, applications are created from loosely coupled microservices instead of being a monolithic entity. Microservices are small, autonomous components, organized around business domains, that are easily monitored, tested, and updated, bringing greater business and operational agility.

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Best Practices for Deploying & Scaling Embedded Analytics

Embedding analytics in your application doesn’t have to be a one-step undertaking. In fact, rolling out features gradually is beneficial because it allows you to progressively improve your application. You can get new capabilities out the door quickly, test them with customers, and constantly innovate.

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Turning Trial Users Into Successful Customers

Speaker: Daniel Foster, Strategy Lead, TechSmith & Vic DeMarines, VP of Product Management, Revenera

He will discuss his experimentation with onboarding communications to lift trial conversions and cover: Developing a strategy around hypotheses to test. Collecting data to identify users’ stated “job to be done” with the application. Analyzing the impact of improving customer experience on trial conversion rates.

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Microservices: The Dark Side

Speaker: Prem Chandrasekaran

In his best-selling book Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture, Martin Fowler famously coined the first law of distributed computing—"Don’t distribute your objects"—implying that working with this style of architecture can be challenging. Focusing on the right amount and kinds of tests in your pipelines.