Tag: SoftwareTesting

Cloud computing has become a cornerstone of modern business operations, offering unparalleled flexibility, scalability, and cost efficiency. In fact, the global cloud computing market is projected to grow from $626.4 billion in 2023 to $1,266.4 billion by 2028, reflecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.1%.  As businesses across all industries adopt cloud services […]

Overview Performance testing is essential for evaluating the response time, scalability, reliability, speed, and resource usage of applications and web services under their expected workloads. The software market currently offers a variety of performance testing tools, but two names that automatically come to mind are Apache JMeter and LoadRunner. The JMeter and LoadRunner difference is […]

In this article, we will go through our favourite features of each of these cloud-based load testing tools, while in the end you will find a parameterized comparison of all of them in one table.

FolderWave, Inc. is a leading digital services provider in the Massachusetts e-learning sector. It aids millions of students in researching and planning a job-oriented education. The company delivers IT solutions, platforms, and services in partnership with notable non-profit organizations like MEFA Pathway and College Board, which connect a vast network of colleges, schools, and universities […]

Background The largest electric distribution cooperative in Texas and the United States, Pedernales Electric Cooperative (PEC), had to test its new software systems, the Storm Center and the OR&S (Outage Reporting & Status), before the release to ensure their adequate performance under peak load. Challenge PEC had a strict release deadline and needed to test […]

About 85% of enterprise businesses use microservices. In this article, we will cover the primary specifics of microservices, explain why they need performance testing, and highlight how to make this process efficient. Microservices in a Few Words Microservices (or microservices architecture) refers to a methodology for developing and deploying applications. This approach separates an extensive […]

Crucial bottlenecks are usually backend-related. That’s why backend performance testing is generally regarded as a must. However, only 1% of companies perform frontend performance testing. They don’t consider that to achieve the best business results, one should combine the two types.  Let’s prove it. We will define their differences, emphasize the importance of conducting backend […]

The core of efficient performance testing is an experienced, certified and well-structured team of professionals, who have already worked in similar projects and learned all the peculiarities of protocols and types of testing in software engineering.  If consciously chosen, they can evaluate a product, test its behavior under load, check its response time, etc., and […]

Performance testing is one of the most challenging components of web application testing. But it is worth it: if done right, performance testing can forecast product behavior and its response to user’s actions with an impressive amount of detail and precision. Irrelevant web performance test data or wrong metrics chosen during testing cost companies a lot of money and effort, while not monitoring your web application performance at all can lead directly to a crash, say, on Black Friday, if you are not prepared to handle an increased number of concurrent users.

Business or product owners needn’t know exactly how to performance test a website, but it’s useful to have a basic understanding of procedures that you pay for. From this post, you can learn what web application performance testing is, when it should be done, and how. Then, you will be able to make an informed choice whether to hire testing specialists or run testing sessions on your own.

The ratings of the best software development tools are time-sensitive: new tools emerge every now and then. Monitoring and mastering them is a full-time job, and sometimes a waste of time, too, since some oldies but goldies remain chosen by the team.  Having done all the hard choices for you, we are sharing our list […]