Performance testing allows developers to determine the efficiency of their sites under all conditions. Listed here are some of these tests and tips on how and when to use them.
Join the DZone community and get the full member experience. Today, every business wants high-performing and high-quality software. But usually, it is seen that most of the applications fail to deliver expected performance under peak load or fluctuating network conditions. To ensure that users get high-performing software that works seamlessly under all load conditions, performance testing is necessary. This test helps to measure the speed, scalability, reliability, and stability of software under varying loads, thus it ensures stable performance. Today, let’s learn more about this testing type in depth. Performance testing is a non-functional type of software testing technique that is performed to know the performance of the current system. It checks the system’s responsiveness, speed, and stability under varying workload conditions. This test helps to ensure that the application performs as expected irrespective of the conditions like fluctuating network, bandwidth availability, or traffic load. Some of the issues identified with this type of testing are runtime error, optimization issues related to speed, latency, throughput, poor response time, load balancing issues, etc. Usually, there are two approaches to software testing — namely the agile approach and the waterfall approach.
