3 minutes readKey takeaways An alias saves typing the full JMeter path on every launch. Put it in your shell profile so it persists across sessions. Point the alias at the version you actually intend to run if several are installed. Apache JMeter is a Java-based, open source testing tool, which can help you create and run… Read more »
2 minutes readKey takeaways Hits per second counts every request including assets, so it exceeds page views substantially. It shows server workload rather than user activity. Compare it with throughput and response time; alone it says little. Hits per second represents the number of requests sent to the server in one second (the load which the server… Read more »
2 minutes readKey takeaways Reports in the reader's language get read; reports in a second language get skipped. Set the language per report rather than per account when teams are mixed. The numbers are the same either way, so this is about adoption, not accuracy. With our newly released White Labelled Reports for performance tests, you can… Read more »
3 minutes readKey takeaways Load test the endpoints your clients actually call, weighted the way they call them. Send realistic payloads and headers, since size and content change server behaviour. Assert on the response body as well as the status code. In order to learn how to test your APIs, especially how to load test your APIs,… Read more »
2 minutes readKey takeaways A high standard deviation means inconsistent response times, which users notice more than a slow average. Two runs with the same mean can behave completely differently, and this is how you tell. Pair it with percentiles rather than reporting either alone. Standard Deviation is an important metric in performance testing analysis and informs… Read more »
3 minutes readKey takeaways Running load tests from Jenkins puts performance in the same gate as the rest of the build. Fail the job on a threshold, not on a chart nobody opens. Keep the CI test small and run the long soak test on a schedule instead. We’ve released a new version of our load testing… Read more »
4 minutes readKey takeaways Lighthouse audits performance, accessibility, SEO and best practices in one run. The score is lab data on a simulated device, so it is a diagnostic rather than reality. Use the individual audits; the composite number moves for reasons that do not matter. If you know nothing about your customers’ experience with your website,… Read more »
