Is Performance testing before go-live a worthwhile practice? For every performance testing professional and purists out there that have been religiously practicing proactive performance testing before go-live, is this not a sacrosanct question? And we can expect that they would invariably react by letting us know of numerous examples in the [...]
Performance-related issues have caused major websites and software apps to fail, and thus re-emphasizing the need for a robust and well-planned and executed performance testing strategy. All of us, from a user’s standpoint, have experienced network downtime, website crashes, and other performance and load challenges at some or other point. [...]
The COVID-19 outbreak has altered the global consumer behavior all across the world. In-store purchase rates have steeped to the bottom while online shopping has become the primary choice of the shoppers. Given the upcoming holiday season, which also marks the biggest shopping event of the year, retailers cannot be prepared enough to deal with the [...]
Cloud computing is changing how the end users deploy, monitor, and use applications. Cloud offers a virtually–infinite pool of computing, storage, and networking resources where applications can be scaled as desired. However, it is important to measure the performance of these applications in the cloud. Performance is the utmost factor in testing a [...]
There is a German proverb that says, “To aim is not enough, you must hit!” One might aim for excellence, but hitting the target is a whole another story. Traditionally, teams measure their performance against the metric of speed. As a matter of fact, speed is one of the key factors causing the widespread adoption of Agile [...]
As per the latest report from IDC on the global smartphone shipment for the second quarter of 2018, Chinese smartphone maker Huawei has surpassed Apple. Now, there could be multiple reasons supporting this shift in preferences. But the most important driver is customer experience resulting in alternate choices. Over the years, enterprises of all [...]
Millennials are moving into their prime spending years, a fact that implies great consequences for many business entities. Millennials are a generation vastly different from their predecessors, most notably because of their lifestyle. A generation born with the birth of modern computers, they have transformed with digital technology. Perhaps [...]
Before we get into the discussion, for the sake of reference and clarity, let us quickly see the well laid out definitions of Shift Left and Performance testing. Shift Left is the practice of focusing on quality from day one of a project in order to identify and fix defects [...]
Today, businesses think that delivering a complete digital experience is more than just page speed and load times. This is why performance testing is becoming a major responsibility for software testers and they are pushed to adopt multi-layered testing approach above the regular load and stress testing schedules. In [...]
