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The Three Types of Performance Testing

CSS Wizardry

A lot of companies—even if they are aware that performance is key to their business—are often unsure of how, when, or where performance testing sits within their development lifecycle. To make things worse, they’re also usually unsure whose responsibility performance measuring and monitoring is.

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Performance Testing with Open Source Tools – Myths and Reality

Alex Podelko

Some time ago Federico Toledo published Performance Testing with Open Source Tools- Busting The Myths. You can drag and drop blocks around to create your scripts, design your load policy in a few clicks and run even a very large test with a single button.

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Reinventing Performance Testing: New Architectures

Alex Podelko

I am looking forward to share my thoughts on ‘Reinventing Performance Testing’ at the imPACt performance and capacity conference by CMG held on November 7-10, 2016 in La Jolla, CA. System’s configuration is not given anymore and often can’t be easily mapped to hardware. – Cloud. – Agile.

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Six causes of major software outages–And how to avoid them

Dynatrace

Conducting performance testing and having contingency plans for peak times can help ensure systems remain operational during spikes in usage. A comprehensive DR plan with consistent testing is also critical to ensure that large recoveries work as expected.

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Real Devices vs Emulators: Where Do You Test App Performance?

DZone

When testing the performance of a native Android or iOS app, choosing the right set of devices is critical for maximizing your chances of success. Differences in OS, screen size, screen density, and hardware can all affect how an app behaves and impact the user experience.

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Monitor web applications from within your corporate network

Dynatrace

Ability to mix and match performance tests with availability and API tests. Currently, the new synthetic-enabled ActiveGates are, by default, Synthetic exclusive, meaning that these ActiveGates only perform Synthetic assignments and not other typical ActiveGate tasks. Scalability and load balancing.

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Performance Testing - Tools, Steps, and Best Practices

KeyCDN

Web performance is a broad subject, and you’ll find no shortage of performance testing tips and tutorials all over the web. What is Performance Testing? In the context of web development, performance testing entails using software tools to simulate how an application runs under specific circumstances.