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In this era of AI, machine learning and IoT, APIs are playing a crucial role in enabling these complex technologies provide intelligent and seamless user experience. APIs are emerging at a rapid pace. The current metrics show a market of 20 billion connected devices around the world, and this number is forecast to grow more than 50 billion by 2020. All these devices are connected through APIs, which makes it a raw material for the connected world.

Many leading web applications are moving their web experience toward APIs because the independence and modularity of APIs are helping to speed-up development processes and improve productivity in complex technologies. About a few years ago, the trend was mobile first, followed by web, and then came the APIs. Today, the trends have inclined towards APIs first, then mobile, and finally the web. This shift has driven us towards making API testing the theme of this newsletter for our readers.

When was the last time you heard the word "NoSQL Database"? This word is heard every second now and is a widely used term in every IT organization and across different industry verticals. This term signifies the way technological changes are happening due to huge data being generated through various means (IoT, Social Media, Machine Learning etc.). In this newsletter, we bring you the concepts that help us understand NoSQL techniques, categories, how it works, testing strategies, and challenges so that you can employ the right kind of approach.

In the past few years, we have seen a drastic change in technology. During the last decade, many ideas have become a reality. In fact, in 2017, many of these technological innovations became available to the general public, such as humanoids, VPAs, self-driven cars etc. Due to these frequent technological changes and innovations, it is important for SQA companies to stay updated and upgrade their traditional testing techniques. Also, they need to train and help engineers learn new testing skills for a good quality assurance.

In this newsletter, QASource has come up with a few forecasts for some trending technologies being used in the industry i.e. AI, IoT, Big Data, and Blockchain and the changes/enhancements required in our current testing techniques.