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Request Metrics and Perforator - Combining RUM and Load Testing

Oct 22, 2024 By Todd H. Gardner In Request Metrics
Your website’s performance can make or break your business. Slow load times, crashes under pressure, and a poor user experience can cost you customers, reduce your search engine rankings, and hurt your bottom line. That’s why monitoring and testing your site’s performance is critical—but not all performance monitoring is the same. At Request Metrics, we focus on Real User Monitoring (RUM), which shows you how real users are experiencing your website in real-time.
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A Guide to Kubernetes Performance Testing: Top 5 Tools & Methodologies for Load Testing

Oct 21, 2024 By Kasper Siig In Speedscale
Kubernetes has become the dominant orchestration platform for cloud-native apps– and for good reason. It can be a powerful tool in your software development lifecycle. But how do you know if your Kubernetes-based app can handle the demands of production traffic? Kubernetes alone isn’t always enough to ensure your app’s performance under load. In many cases, it is, but it’s always wise to know your application’s limits.
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Difference Between TDD and BDD in Assisting Software Development Mistakes

Oct 19, 2024 By OpsMatters In OpsMatters
Developing reliable, error-free software is undeniably a never-ending task in the evolving field of software development. Rigorous testing procedures are an undeniable necessity for guaranteeing that software functions as intended throughout the development cycle. TDD (Test-Driven Development) and BDD (Behavior-Driven Development) are two well-known approaches that have gained popularity in tackling typical software development issues. This article explores how exactly these approaches improve software product quality and aid in avoiding frequent errors.
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Kubernetes Load Testing: How JMeter and Speedscale Compare

Oct 17, 2024 By Kasper Siig In Speedscale
At some point, your development team may be considering implementing load testing (also known as stress testing) as part of your software testing process. Load testing validates that your web app is able to withstand a large number of simultaneous users, decreasing the chance that any traffic spikes will bring down your services once deployed. These stress tests can be highly granular, giving you the opportunity to test run virtually unlimited strategies before they are set into the wild.
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How to control time zones and timeouts in Playwright

Oct 17, 2024 By Checkly In Checkly
Join Stefan Judis (Playwright Ambassador) as we explore advanced testing strategies for time zones and timers using Playwright. You'll learn about seamless time zone testing techniques and how to use Playwright's Clock API to manage timers effectively. What we'll cover: Time Zone Testing: Learn how to test across multiple time zones with Playwright to ensure your applications perform consistently worldwide. JavaScript Timers: Discover how to control and test JavaScript timeouts using the Clock API, enhancing the reliability of your scripts.
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Postman Load Test Tutorial

Oct 11, 2024 By Kasper Siig In Speedscale
Postman is highly popular in the testing tools space for verifying API requests. While its use for general API testing is widely adopted, conducting load testing with Postman is not as straightforward. In this post, we assume that you have some experience working with Postman and are familiar with the fundamentals of creating and sending requests. If you’re new to Postman, there are numerous resources available in the Postman Learning Center.
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Five Playwright CLI features you should know

Oct 4, 2024 By Stefan Judis In Checkly
Thanks to Microsoft's Playwright, running end-to-end tests with real browsers is quickly done. Initialize a new Playwright project, install all the dependencies, and off you go! Then, any new headless browser test run is only one npx playwright test away. But have you checked all the test command's CLI options? playwright test includes a few real gems to help you create better tests faster. Let me share a mixed bag of my favorite CLI tricks in this post.
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