2 minutes read Load testing is one of the most important steps in the development process of web applications. It is a type of performance testing that determines how well the application can handle heavy loads of traffic and data. It is also used to identify potential bottlenecks and other issues that may arise during peak usage times…. Read more »
Posts Categorized: Performance Testing
Performance Testing of OAuth 2.0 Secured Apps and Services
2 minutes read LoadFocus now provides easy testing for services that are using OAuth authorization (we support OAuth2.0 as OAuth1.0 was retired in 2012). We support all the OAuth 2.0 grant types: Authorization Code Implicit Password Credentials Client Credentials Refresh Token For testing a service that is behind a login (that has OAuth authorization) the only thing the… Read more »
Actively measure the right key metrics during performance testing
3 minutes read During crucial performance testing session we need to monitor and measure various parameters/metrics to be able to analyze and understand why the application behaves in a certain way under a specific load. Below ones are the most used metrics collected during performance testing sessions. Vital performance metrics: Processor Usage – an amount of time processor spends… Read more »
Which are the types of performance testing?
2 minutes read Performance testing is a generic term that refers to testing how an application behaves under load. Performance testing should be done continuously not just on specific milestones, as this brings benefits related to: how the performance improves/degrades during the releases can be a very early indicator that something has gone wrong that might really affect… Read more »
Some websites are just too slow…
2 minutes read Have you ever entered a website and realized how slow things move, you just click a button and you have time to do something else until the requested action is finished. Sometimes I enter on this kind of websites with the idea to purchase their product or service, but when the things move so slow,… Read more »
How to Add Notes to your Load Test Results
3 minutes read We’ve added the functionality to add notes to your load test results. This functionality applies to Load Tests and JMeter Load Tests. It’s super simple to add/edit/remove notes for any of the test runs of the same test in order to caption various changes of your test runs. You can easily compare any test run… Read more »
How to Test OAuth Secured APIs & Apps using JMeter
3 minutes read Running performance tests for API endpoints that are protected / secured using OAuth 2.0 Here at LoadFocus we provide an easy way of running your custom JMeter scripts from the cloud from various locations and with more than 20.000 users in parallel against non-secured and secured APIs. We’ve added an easy way to run load… Read more »