2 minutes read Flaky tests are one of the most common and frustrating issues in software testing. These are tests that pass or fail sporadically, even if the code being tested has not changed. This can cause confusion and wasted time for developers who are trying to fix issues that may not even exist. What exactly are flaky… Read more »
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Customizable Widgets on LoadFocus Dashboard
2 minutes read As a developer or QA tester, you know how important it is to have all the relevant information about your applications in one place. That’s why we at LoadFocus have created a new feature that allows you to customize your dashboard with widgets that show the metrics you care about the most. How it works… Read more »
What is CPU Utilization in Performance Testing?
< 1 minute read CPU or Central Processing Unit is the brain of any computer and its main responsibility is processing all the tasks required by the running applications. CPU Utilization is a key metric in performance testing which measures the percentage of time the CPU spends executing a task. One of the most crucial tasks to do when… Read more »
How to Measure the Right Key Metrics During Performance Testing
6 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 »
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 Compare Two Load Tests using the Baseline Comparison Feature
3 minutes read The load test comparison feature build-in to LoadFocus Results allows you to compare the results of two different test runs of the same test for the cloud load testing service. You can visually compare the results between the test run set as baseline and the current test run, just by setting a test run as… Read more »