Evolution to Performance Engineering

David Milette of SQALogic kicked off LoadTestWorld with his talk on the evolution to performance engineering. David explains that this means that the way to develop and manage applications is evolving. This evolution to performance engineering is pushing organizations to think about quality testing in new ways to ensure it follows the evolution that is underway. DevOps does not signify that testing and quality is out of scope but rather that it is embedded in everyRead More →

load testing shift left

As the combination of cloud and CI technology enables the “shift left” of DevOps, load testing is joining the crowd. Traditionally, load testing was used as a check before large releases of software or changes in infrastructure or an expected spike in usage to assure applications were performant. Solutions like Load Runner, Blazemeter and Apica were perfect for this use case. With the focus on automating the delivery of software in small, incremental steps with continuousRead More →

Three members of the JMeter project team have written a new JMeter Ebook titled Master Apache JMeter From load testing to DevOps.”  The authors are also experts in the performance field. They say that you “will deeply understand how to get the most out of it, be more productive & integrate it into your Agile/DevOps processes.” All new RedLine13 customers get a free copy of the JMeter Ebook. The authors are Antonio Gomes Rodrigues, Philippe Mouawad, and Milamber. They coverRead More →

From the Open Source Load Testing presentation http://www.slideshare.net/richardfriedman/open-source-load-testing Obligatory list of load failures Pope Visit Fail for Septa: http://www.phillymag.com/news/2015/07/20/septa-suspends-pope-pass-sales-technical-difficulties/ HealthCare.gov: too many links… here is a google search https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=HealthCare.gov+fail Your story – we have all had one. And as we start the tick up towards holiday season and soon to start the code freeze phase we are reminded work through our checklist.  In a good review post at gotgroove.com #1 on that list should be stress testing. For most, the priority ofRead More →