March 2021 | ReadyAPI Community News
Hello Community, Welcome to the monthly community news. As usual, expect to get the most exciting and interesting news from the ReadyAPI Community. If you have any suggestions or questions about the news, please feel free to post comments here. Now on to the February ReadyAPI Community News: [VIDEO] MEET THE TEAM I’m sure you want to know more about ReadyAPI! I have great news😀 Starting this month, we are launching a series of interviews with the ReadyAPI SmartBear Team – you will learn more about the people who make decisions around the product, how ReadyAPI is developed and tested, and much more! Today, meet the ReadyAPI Product Owner – Temil Sanchez. (You can find him in the community as TSanchez_1) Temil has been working at SmartBear for 8 years! He has great knowledge in the API world that he is ready to share with you. >> Watch the interview with Temil Sanchez Make sure to leave any questions for Temil in the post. ReadyAPI Top Contributors We’re already closing in on quarter-end, which is when we announce the new quarterly Community Leaders. All of you still have a chance to earn this elite status! All you need to do is to participate in the ReadyAPI Community by adding valuable posts that receive Kudos. That being said, let’s meet the top contributors of the previous month – team, you rock! Thanks a lot for your great contributions. richie,HimanshuTayal,ChrisAdams,Arunachalam_RM,PrathapR PRODUCT UPDATES In February, we released ReadyAPI 3.6. It includes various features, like: A new Endpoints & Environments dialog that extends the functionality of the previous Environments dialog An improved Assertions tab A new, improved way to manage APIs in a project Much more Read the What's New in ReadyAPI 3.6article to learn about these and other improvements. Download it now: If you’re a licensed user, get the latest version at the ReadyAPI Downloads Center. (And if you’re interested in giving ReadyAPI a shot, request a free 14-day trial). Academy Certified The SmartBear Academy provides a set of courses to help you learn ReadyAPI. Different course levels will fit the needs of learners with different skills. Review the ReadyAPI courses and enroll in the ones you like Once you complete a course, you will receive a special community badge – Academy Certified. MOST DISCUSSED TOPICS Let’s review the most popular discussions. Have something to add? Just reply to the topics you like: How to compare multiple database values with api response in single shot without groovy scripting? How to set baseline performance Using partitial value in a request Extract nested JSON response values in DataSource for JSON - how to export to file / excel? ReadyAPI - Understanding the result returned by a groovy script? How to use method defined in separate groovy script in different test suite how to run sample rest projects present in smart bear website? OAuth token value in AuthManager update form test (groovy) That’s all we’ve got for today! Please share your thoughts and suggestions, ask questions, or just say "hi" to fellow ReadyAPI Community members by using the comments below. /SmartBear Community TeamFebruary 2021 | ReadyAPI Community News
Hello ReadyAPI Community, Welcome to our first ReadyAPI Community News! In this newsletter, we’ll cover the community news you’ll find most interesting, highlight active contributors in our community, fill you in on the latest updates, and much more. Get in on the ground floor and subscribe now to the CommunityNews tag to stay in the know. And if you have any comments/suggestions about the news, let us know here or contact me personally. Now on to the February ReadyAPI Community News: Video Interview Last month we announced Community Leaders and Heroes, and it’s time to learn more about them. Please meet PrathapR! Thanks to his enormous activity last quarter, Prathap was rewarded with the prestigious status of Community Leader! We conducted a short video interview with him that covered where he’s from, how he uses ReadyAPI to resolve tricky API testing challenges, why he moved from SoapUI to ReadyAPI – even how much he accomplished in a day when joined the SmartBear Community! >> Watch the interview with a Community Leader - PrathapR ReadyAPI Top Contributors Many of you were extremely active last quarter. You asked questions, replied to topics, gave kudos, posted solutions – all of which help the Community become better and better. Please join me in congratulating the following community members for their contributions: richie,ChrisAdams,HimanshuTayal,aaronpliu, SiKing, rajs2020, bklabel1, AsadGilani PRODUCT UPDATES Last month, we released a minor update, ReadyAPI v. 3.5.2, with changes that include: More stability for macOS Some bug fixes Read the What's New in ReadyAPI 3.5.2 to learn about these and other improvements. Download it now: If you’re a licensed user, get the latest version at the ReadyAPI Downloads Center. (And if you’re interested in giving ReadyAPI a shot, request a free 14-day trial). MOST DISCUSSED TOPICS Last month was very active with conversations. Here are some of the more interesting discussions of the past month that helped community members solve their issues: Stop Data Source Loop Adding a default argument to requests Excel data sources - using a relative path name for files Request should pick the data from a file and response should be generated in another file javax.net.ssl.SSLException: Connection reset error We still have a few questions awaiting solutions – feel free to post your thoughts: ReadyAPI Functional Testing Automate Problem ReadyAPI - How to export test results in different formats? I am not able to get output of remote shell script from groovy script in soapui Wintertainment Video Feedback Last December, many of you joined in on our annual community event – Wintertainment. The theme was "New Year Testing Resolutions". Hopefully, you’ve tried using some of the new approaches we covered. Share with us any solutions you’ve already implemented! In the meantime, we received your event feedback and prepared a short video, featuring you! It sounds like you enjoyed participating in the event and learned a lot, which pleases us to no end. Thanks for all your warm words. >> Watch the Wintertainment video feedback That’s all we’ve got for today! Please share your thoughts and suggestions, ask questions, or just say "hi" to fellow ReadyAPI Community members by using the comments below. Thank you, let’s have a great February! /SmartBear Community Team
