From the course: Programming Foundations: Software Testing/QA
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Performance testing
From the course: Programming Foundations: Software Testing/QA
Performance testing
- Performance testing is done to benchmark how a system performs under load. It will help ensure that an application can scale over time and use. because we test how the system operates under certain stress but don't have visibility into what's going on inside the system. While manual, UI automation, and integration testing are the most common for software projects, performance testing is also very valuable. There are a few different types of performance testing Load testing checks the application's ability to perform under anticipated user loads. The objective is to identify the maximum operating capacity of an application by observing when bottlenecks occur. If I focus on the Search Flights feature, this sends a request to look for flights and returns all results found. I'll want to set up a test to simulate many users simultaneously searching for flights. I can use software that generates thousands of different…
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