2 minutes read In order to learn how to test your APIs, especially how to load test your APIs, let’s first find out some essential info on APIs and RESTful APIs. What is an API? (Application Programming Interface) API stands for Application Programming Interface, which is a set of functions that allows two applications to talk to each… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Load Testing
Continuous Performance Testing in CI/CD with Jenkins Plugin
2 minutes read We’ve released a new version of our load testing plugin for Jenkins CI. See here more details. Load Testing CI/CD Plugin helps to run load tests automatically as a Post-build action and mark the build as PASSED, UNSTABLE or FAILED based on errors received during the test run and the average response time. Use the… Read more »
Top 5 Reasons for Using Apache JMeter
< 1 minute read If you haven’t heard of Apache JMeter, then here is a short intro on what is it and how it works. We’ll keep this article short and jump straight to the list of top reasons to use Apache JMeter: Apache JMeter is an open source tool for creating and running website and API load tests…. Read more »
What is a Good Example of Load Testing?
1 minute read Whenever I get asked why do I need load testing or why is load testing so important, over and over again I come up with this simple example. Load Testing Example Let’s say that you send an email campaign to 10,000 subscribers of your website/blog. What will happen to your website if 1000 subscribers open… Read more »
Which is the Execution Order of Elements in Apache JMeter?
2 minutes read The execution order of the elements in an Apache JMeter performance test plan is very important, it helps understand the timeline of events and how your test will behave. Make sure that you understand every JMeter element before adding it to your test plan, this will help create faster performance tests and not jump into… Read more »
What is the Purpose of Load Testing?
2 minutes read First goal of load testing is “do not lose customers”, the second goal of load testing is… check the first goal. Leaving movie quotes aside, load testing helps you understand how your application behaves under both normal and peak conditions, and discover what is causing the degradation. But truly, the main goal of load testing… Read more »
How to Record and Run Load Tests with JMeter in the Cloud Chrome Extension
< 1 minute read It’s so easy to record a load test for your website, just add to Chrome Browser the JMeter in the Cloud Chrome Extension and you’ll be able to record and run a load in less than 60 seconds. Let’s have a deeper look how to do this. Steps to Record and Run Load Tests Add… Read more »