What is a HTTP GET Request?
GET retrieves a resource and should never change server state. It is cacheable and idempotent, which is why it suits reads and not actions.
Test Automation
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Test Automation
What is HTTP?
Methods, status codes and headers carry the meaning, not the body alone. Understanding status codes is the fastest way to debug most web problems.
Apache JMeter
Run JMeter Distributed Test in the Cloud
Distributed testing exists because one machine cannot generate enough load.
Load Testing
UI and performance testing for UI heavy web applications – solutions
Combine a large HTTP load with a small number of real browser sessions. Watch client-side metrics, since the server can be fast while the page is not.
Test Automation
How to Debug Mobile HTML5 and Native Applications?
HTML5 apps can be debugged with remote browser tooling; native apps need a proxy or device logs.
Test Automation
How to write a good Test Plan?
A test plan is about scope and risk: what you will not test matters as much as what you will.
Test Automation
How to Locate Web Elements with Selenium WebDriver?
CSS selectors are faster and more readable than XPath for most cases. If a locator needs a comment to explain it, the page needs a test hook instead.
Apache JMeter
What is the max number of concurrent users a JMeter can handle?
Realistic thread limits for one JMeter machine, what breaks first (heap, sockets, CPU), and how to go past a few hundred users with cloud runs.
Apache JMeter
Introduction to Apache JMeter Performance Testing
JMeter is free, Java-based, and runs on any OS, which makes it the usual starting point.
Load Testing
What is Throughput in Performance Testing? Definition + How to Measure
A rising response time with flat throughput means you have found capacity. Report it with response time; either number alone can be made to look good.
Load Testing
What is Response Time in Performance Testing?
Response time testing explained: what response time is, how to measure it, why p95 beats the average, and what a good response time is.
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