New JMeter video playlist is available on the RedLine13 YouTube channel. Check out the new JMeter videos. There’s a new one on CSV file parameterization. It walks through how to make unique requests from a JMeter test plan using a CSV data source file. And another one on Advanced JMeter & Cloud Test Options. There are older ones that you also may like, such as Testing Mobile Applications at Scale with Apache JMeter. You can subscribeRead More →
K6 is a popular load testing tool but it does have limitations at each of the different subscription levels. Let’s take a look at some of the K6 limitations that are in place and what it will cost if you need higher limits. For the $99/month subscription, you can load test 100 virtual users. That’s not that much. And the test can only run 15 minutes. That’s not much of a load test. And they’ll saveRead More →
K6 was released on GitHub not long ago in 2017 and since then has gained increasing popularity. Five years before then, in 2012, Gatling was released and also had very fast growth. You can see how active they have both become with the number of stack overflow questions and GitHub forks. There are some clear differences between the K6 and Gatling. K6 is JavaScript-based and Gatling is Scala-based. K6 is developer-centric and Gatling is not. ButRead More →
Background VAN IN is the largest educational company in Belgium. They develop innovative learning solutions for students and teachers from kindergarten through higher education. VAN IN is part of the European group Sanoma Learning, a division of Sanoma. The main platform in Primary Education, Bingel, guides pupils in their learning to reach their true potential, and gives the support teachers need to shine in front of the classroom. It is developed by teams in Belgium, PolandRead More →
RedLine13 supports Apache JMeter 5.5. We won’t repeat all that’s new in JMeter 5.5 since there are many sources for that. Here’s an informative one from QAInsights https://qainsights.com/whats-new-in-jmeter-5-5/. You can read more than 100 articles on JMeter in the RedLine13 blog. Try JMeter 5.5 for yourself and see what it has to offer. You can easily run your own RedLine13 test and check out JMeter 5.5.Read More →
People often ask what it will cost to run a large load test with RedLine13 on AWS, especially for large JMeter tests. We have lots of articles explaining how the AWS costs are determined. But some people have asked to see AWS costs for large JMeter load tests with real results from real customers. We think that listening to our customers is a good idea. So here they are. We’ve included test summaries from five differentRead More →
RedLine13 Technology Partner UBIK has published a case study using UbikLoadPack and RedLine13 to performance test video streaming services. Their client wanted to verify that his infrastructure could properly handle the delivery of a live sporting event with up to 150,000 watchers. The test needed to verify the following: Test Objectives Customers user experience (no lags, accuracy of stream, no delay) CDN and Origin delivery performance Bandwidth of the network Load balancing across 2 Data centersRead More →
The panel discussion on the future of load testing was comprised of: RedLine13 Co-Founder and Architect Rich Friedman Merck Automation Engineer Eldad Uzman SQALogic Founder David Milette The panelists discussed whether it will be easier or harder in the future, what has changed and what they think we may say in the future. What will look different in the future David talked about the trend towards performance engineering vs. performance testing. He talked about the increasedRead More →
Eldad Uzman, Automation Engineer at Merck and author on Medium, spoke again at LoadTestWorld 2022 February, this time on Performance Test Smells. You can click on the image below and watch Eldad’s talk on Performance Test Smells. Eldad shares the quote below and builds from there: A code smell is a surface indication that usually corresponds to a deeper problem in the system. Martin Fowler In addition, the video captured several questions from the audience asRead More →
This Case Study is how one company, GradeCam, has run load tests with increasing load. It will discuss their challenges and setbacks, as well as their results and benefits. Thanks to Joseph Bonifacio, lead QA at GradeCam. About GradeCam GradeCam is a provider of easy and innovative assessment solutions that empower educators to minimize workloads and maximize learning. Whether it’s bridging the distance between in-class and online assignments, saving time scoring and transferring grades, or aggregatingRead More →