Stelios Manioudakis

CORE

Lead Engineer at Technical University of Crete

Chania, GR

Joined Nov 2019

About

Worked at Siemens and Atos as a software engineer. Worked in the RPA domain with Softomotive for the acquisition by Microsoft. Currently working in the Technical University of Crete. Holds a PhD in Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne.

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Articles

Organizing Knowledge With Knowledge Graphs: Industry Trends

In this article, learn more about why and how knowledge graphs are a promising candidate to become a cornerstone of modern software engineering practices.

March 22, 2024

· 9,485 Views · 3 Likes

Data Flow Diagrams for Software Engineering

This article provides fundamental knowledge about DFDs, highlighting their benefits and guiding you on how to leverage them effectively.

March 14, 2024

· 12,397 Views · 4 Likes

Finite State Machines: How to Enhance Software Testing

This article explores the pros and cons of FSMs via simple examples. Also, see a short comparison between FSMs and program graphs in software testing.

March 8, 2024

· 4,542 Views · 2 Likes

Code Graphs: A Guide for Testers

Delves into the world of code graphs, exploring key aspects, and uncovering how these visual representations empower software testers in multiple ways.

March 4, 2024

· 2,183 Views · 2 Likes

Software Engineering Trends in the Industry

Identify and explore some basic trends in the software industry, like how some well-known organizations implement and benefit from early and continuous testing.

March 1, 2024

· 7,792 Views · 2 Likes

Probability Basics for Software Testing

Probability is crucial to software testing. Here, explore probability basics, continue with conditional probabilities, and finish with Bayes' theorem.

February 28, 2024

· 2,194 Views · 2 Likes

Code Complexity in Practice

Code can often become an obscure dialect, shrouded in complexity and inaccessibility. Learn how human-centric code can help towards manageable code complexity.

February 26, 2024

· 5,131 Views · 3 Likes

Fundamentals of Functions and Relations for Software Quality Engineering

Explore the mathematical concepts of functions and relations to design more targeted and efficient test strategies, strengthening your software's quality.

February 19, 2024

· 2,639 Views · 5 Likes

The Four Pillars of Programming Logic in Software Quality Engineering

Just as architects rely on the laws of physics, programmers use the principles of logic. This article showcases the fundamentals of four powerful pillars of logic.

February 12, 2024

· 3,760 Views · 9 Likes

Requirements, Code, and Tests: How Venn Diagrams Can Explain It All

This article explains how requirements, code, and tests are interconnected, using Venn diagrams as a visual aid.

February 5, 2024

· 3,642 Views · 4 Likes

Russell's Paradox: Permissiveness Creates Edge Cases

Permissiveness may allow for a broad range of actions or configurations, maintainability, and more. Discover what can happen if we are overly permissive.

January 31, 2024

· 2,819 Views · 5 Likes

Set Theory Fundamentals For Software Testing

This article explores the use and importance of set theory fundamentals for efficient software testing.

January 12, 2024

· 2,868 Views · 3 Likes

Fuzzing in Software Engineering

Here, explore basic types of fuzzing as well as a list of available tools and set of best practices to conduct fuzzing ethically, effectively, and safely.

January 1, 2024

· 3,865 Views · 5 Likes

Mutation Testing: The Art of Deliberately Introducing Issues in Your Code

To effectively test your test cases and catch even the subtlest faults, we'll explore Python-based mutation testing in this article.

December 29, 2023

· 3,819 Views · 3 Likes

Microservices Resilient Testing Framework

This article explores the key principles that form the foundation for MRTF and how it fits into a cohesive framework for testing microservices.

December 27, 2023

· 9,201 Views · 3 Likes

Production-Like Testing Environments in Software Development

Learn why production-like testing environments can be critical for delivering high-quality, reliable software and how teams can detect and address issues early.

December 7, 2023

· 8,175 Views · 4 Likes

Continuous Testing in the Era of Microservices and Serverless Architectures

Below article covers the foundation and more of continuous testing in Microservices and Serverless architectures.

December 6, 2023

· 9,803 Views · 8 Likes

Scaling SRE Teams: The Challenges and How To Build a Successful Scaling Framework

Scaling teams of site reliability engineers comes with many challenges. Here, explore the challenges of scaling and review a successful scaling framework.

November 20, 2023

· 19,611 Views · 6 Likes

Smoke Testing and the Spaceship Analogy

In this article, learn why smoke testing is an important part of the software development process, ensuring high quality and meeting the needs of users.

November 17, 2023

· 5,677 Views · 2 Likes

The Four Steps of Regression Testing

This article provides a structured approach to create and update a regression test suite. What kinds of tests should be in a regression test suite?

November 14, 2023

· 10,285 Views · 3 Likes

Software Verification and Validation With Simple Examples

It is important to note that verification and validation are not mutually exclusive. In fact, they are complementary processes. Find out more in this article.

September 20, 2023

· 9,060 Views · 8 Likes

Software Engineering in the Age of Climate Change: A Testing Perspective

Software testing can optimize code and reduce environmental impact. Basic testing types can be applied for energy optimization.

August 30, 2023

· 16,413 Views · 9 Likes

Profiling IT Complexity: A Blueprint for Effective Legacy System Testing

In the evolving realm of IT, complexity emerges as a formidable challenge, ranking high on the list of concerns. Learn about solutions.

August 25, 2023

· 30,779 Views · 6 Likes

Testing Level Dynamics: Achieving Confidence From Testing

In this article, explore shared experiences to gain insight into how teams have tried to achieve confidence from testing.

March 24, 2023

· 17,473 Views · 3 Likes

Along Came a Bug

Learn more about innovative ways of understanding and solving bugs.

Updated February 23, 2023

· 44,551 Views · 5 Likes

Pair Testing in Software Development

This article focuses on pair testing, and I will share experiences on how teams have used pair testing to their advantage.

Updated February 8, 2023

· 24,562 Views · 5 Likes

Mind Map Reuse in Software Groups

Product owners, developers, and testers have found an effective way to avoid missing use cases and identifying edge cases.

February 4, 2023

· 14,078 Views · 4 Likes

Organizing and Improving Development Teams: The Testing Matrix

Learn more about the testing matrix and improvements that benefit teams.

Updated April 6, 2022

· 18,060 Views · 5 Likes

Writing Code, Debugging, and Testing

This analysis explains the reasons and importance for not only writing code, but taking the time to complete debugging and testing for optimal results.

February 15, 2022

· 36,256 Views · 5 Likes

Testing Robin, the RPA Programming Language Using Itself

The purpose of this article is to show how a programming language can be tested by using the salient features of RPA that are built-in Robin.

Updated July 1, 2020

· 12,950 Views · 3 Likes

Trend Reports

Trend Report

Observability and Application Performance

Making data-driven decisions, as well as business-critical and technical considerations, first comes down to the accuracy, depth, and usability of the data itself. To build the most performant and resilient applications, teams must stretch beyond monitoring into the world of data, telemetry, and observability. And as a result, you'll gain a far deeper understanding of system performance, enabling you to tackle key challenges that arise from the distributed, modular, and complex nature of modern technical environments.Today, and moving into the future, it's no longer about monitoring logs, metrics, and traces alone — instead, it’s more deeply rooted in a performance-centric team culture, end-to-end monitoring and observability, and the thoughtful usage of data analytics.In DZone's 2023 Observability and Application Performance Trend Report, we delve into emerging trends, covering everything from site reliability and app performance monitoring to observability maturity and AIOps, in our original research. Readers will also find insights from members of the DZone Community, who cover a selection of hand-picked topics, including the benefits and challenges of managing modern application performance, distributed cloud architecture considerations and design patterns for resiliency, observability vs. monitoring and how to practice both effectively, SRE team scalability, and more.