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Performance and Load Testing using Locust

If you would like to write user scenarios in plain-old Python using a distributed and scalable tool with a Web-based UI, this article is just for you. Low threshold makes Locust attractive for junior testing engineers, whilst many senior engineers turn to Locust, too, when they get tired of Apache Jmeter. Whether you are junior or senior, if you’ve ever wondered how to use Locust for load testing, we are sure you will enjoy this intro, as seamless as it is. After reading it, you will be able to start your load tests in Locust right away.

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What is Web Performance Testing and Why do You Need It?

Performance testing is one of the most challenging components of web application testing. But it is worth it: if done right, performance testing can forecast product behavior and its response to user’s actions with an impressive amount of detail and precision. Irrelevant web performance test data or wrong metrics chosen during testing cost companies a lot of money and effort, while not monitoring your web application performance at all can lead directly to a crash, say, on Black Friday, if you are not prepared to handle an increased number of concurrent users.

Business or product owners needn’t know exactly how to performance test a website, but it’s useful to have a basic understanding of procedures that you pay for. From this post, you can learn what web application performance testing is, when it should be done, and how. Then, you will be able to make an informed choice whether to hire testing specialists or run testing sessions on your own.

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How to Speed Up a Website — Part 1

We have a lot of experience in the field of web performance optimization, so we would like to share with you our best practices for solving such problems. In this part of the article, we will cover how to test a website on the WordPress platform, give you useful tools and important metrics for website testing. Additionally, we will shed light on site performance optimization.

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API Micro Focus ALM and Performance Center: Basics for Performance Testing Engineers

In this post, we are sharing our experience of using API Microfocus ALM in the hope that load testing engineers who use LoadRunner or Performance Center will find it interesting. Working with API directly is useful for test automation, and/or to prepare for test launch with Jenkins or similar tools. We collected this list of examples and useful functions based on our experience.

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How to Avoid Your Financial Application Crash Under Load

We talked to our expert from Performance Lab’s load testing department about financial application testing. This post shares experience of testing financial applications and transaction systems, along with some life hacks on how to choose the perfect timing for such performance tests.

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