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Seeing through hardware counters: a journey to threefold performance increase

The Netflix TechBlog

A quick canary test was free of errors and showed lower latency, which is expected given that our standard canary setup routes an equal amount of traffic to both the baseline running on 4xl and the canary on 12xl.

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7 Different Types of Game Testing Techniques

DZone

Game testing is one of the crucial steps that help to ensure optimal performance and quality in the end product. However, testing this kind of software/ hardware will need new techniques of testing, which will initiate new methodologies being pioneered by some companies like KiwiQA , Testbytes, TestMatick, etc.

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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. Mobile Performance on Emulators/Simulators.

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Compatibility Testing: Checklists and Crucial Things You Need to Know About It

DZone

In QA and software testing world, a compatibility test is a kind of test performed to scrutinize whether the software or app is competent of running on multiple OSs, mobile devices, browsers, applications, network environments, and more. What Is the Compatibility Test?

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The future of synthetic testing is in the cloud

Dynatrace

I’ve been speaking to customers over the last few months about our new cloud architecture for Synthetic testing locations and their confusion is clear. When we wanted to add a location, we had to ship hardware and get someone to install that hardware in a rack with power and network. Hardware was outdated. Sound easy?

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Test Tool Tutorial: A Comprehensive Guide With Examples and Best Practices

DZone

Test tools are software or hardware designed to test a system or application. Various test tools are available for different types of testing, including unit testing, integration testing, and more.

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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. Each kind of testing is listed chronologically—that is, you should do them in order—but all complement each other, and will ultimately feed into one another.