How to use Checkly local and remote environment variables
Learn in this video how to use environment variables with the Checkly CLI and your Monitoring as Code workflow.
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Track Frontend JavaScript exceptions with Playwright fixtures
Table of contents Frankly, end-to-end testing and synthetic monitoring are challenging in today’s JavaScript-heavy world. There’s so much asynchronous JavaScript code running in modern applications that getting tests stable can be a real headscratcher. That’s why many teams rely on testing mission-critical features and treat “testing the rest” as a nice to have. It’s a typical cost-effort decision.
Mastering Prometheus Exporters: Techniques and Best Practices
If you’re into monitoring, Prometheus is probably an essential part of your stack. Thanks to its expressive query language (PromQL), scalability, and configurable data format, it remains one of the most popular tools for data collection. Paired with Prometheus exporters, the tool can adapt to a variety of surroundings, which is one of its strongest points.
Track Frontend JavaScript errors with Playwright fixtures
Learn in this video how you can leverage Playwright's fixture to track Frontend JavaScript exceptions and fail your tests when there are errors in a page.
Limitations of API-only testing: Why it shouldn't be your sole testing strategy
A spicy article hit my inbox the other day. It came with a bold claim — “API testing is better than UI testing”. Absolutes like “A is better than B” rarely hold in the software world. “It depends” is the answer to most tech questions for a reason. Let’s compare API and UI testing and discuss why one isn’t better than the other. The frenemies are “just different”, and always will be. And that’s a good thing.
Checkly Named a Cool Vendor in the 2023 Gartner Cool Vendors in Monitoring and Observability Report
Checkly announced its inclusion in the 2023 Gartner Cool Vendors Report, Gartner Cool Vendors in Monitoring and Observability. Following Recent Inclusion in Two Gartner Hype Cycles, the Third Recognition Affirms Checkly as an Innovation Leader in Monitoring as Code. Checkly provides synthetic monitoring as code that offers a faster, integrated and more scalable approach to API and browser digital experience monitoring. This enables a unified process to be followed through the entire software development life cycle, from test through staging and continuous monitoring production environments.
How to monitor your scheduled server actions with Heartbeat checks
Learn how you can implement heartbeat monitoring of your scheduled server actions with Checkly.
Checkly Expands Monitoring Capabilities with Introduction of Heartbeat Checks
Checkly, the leading Monitoring as Code provider, expanded its platform's monitoring capabilities with the introduction of Heartbeat Checks, also known as CRON monitoring or dead man's switches. Also introduced today, Smart Retries is designed to reduce alert fatigue.
Heartbeat Monitoring With Checkly
Today’s a big day at Checkly; we’re thrilled to announce that next to Browser and API checks we released a brand new check type to monitor your apps — say “Hello” to Heartbeat checks! In the realm of software, ensuring uninterrupted functionality is critical. While synthetic monitoring helps you discover user-facing problems early, keeping a close eye on the signals coming from your backend can be just as vital.
What is Synthetic Monitoring?
Synthetic monitoring enables developers to simulate real user interactions to validate an application's performance and correctness. Checkly's Monitoring as Code offers a unique synthetic monitoring solution that enables you to control and automate your entire monitoring infrastructure in a single workflow.