Performance Testing Foundations

Uncover the issues that are degrading your app or website's performance. Learn the basics of performance testing, including how to use different types of tests and tools.

Introduction

• Fast is better
• What you should know

1. Introduction to Performance Testing

• What is performance testing?
• Why do performance testing?
• Questions that help you get started
• Your first performance test

2. Measurement in Performance Testing

• Figuring out what to measure
• Understanding bottlenecks
• Monitoring results
• Challenge: Find the bottleneck
• Solution: Find the bottleneck

3. Types of Performance Testing

• Load testing
• Stress testing
• Endurance testing
• Spike testing
• Scalability testing

4. Reporting Performance Testing

• Just a little bit about statistics
• Charting and plotting
• Logging and parsing data
• Challenge: Create a performance test
• Solution: Create a performance test

5. Resources and Tools

• Single user tools
• Load testing tools
• Network interception tools

Conclusion

• Next steps