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: Performance Testing
Understanding Standard Deviation in Performance Testing
< 1 minute read Standard Deviation is an important metric in performance testing analysis and informs us how stable the application under test is. In other words, it tells us if the requests that occur during the test are consistent or not. Standard Deviation measures how the response times are spread out around the average response time (mean). A… Read more »
What is Google Lighthouse?
4 minutes read If you know nothing about your customers’ experience with your website, Google Lighthouse might be the right tool for you. Google Lighthouse is an open source automated website auditing tool from Google, used for discovering issues and opportunities to improve the overall user experience of your website. Whether you’re a product owner, business owner or… 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 »
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 »
Record JMeter Tests Chrome Extension
4 minutes read If you need to run a JMeter Load Test and it’s a burden to download Apache JMeter locally on your machine, open it and manually create your JMeter test file, now there is a much easier way to record browser interactions with JMeter. The LoadFocus | JMeter Load Testing in the Cloud Chrome Extension for… Read more »
How to Build, Schedule and Execute Performance Tests Before Black Friday and Cyber Week
8 minutes read Well into the pandemic and with the E-commerce boom rapidly accelerating due to people needing to stay inside, you’ll need to make sure that your website and mobile applications are performing well under high load for the holiday shopping season and especially for Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale events. We have written a handbook,… Read more »