Load Testing: How to Know Your Limits
summary
Explains load testing for medium/large websites: what load tests are, how to design and implement them (considerations for realistic scenarios), and how to integrate load testing into development and QA workflows. Focuses on measuring site/server capacity to support traffic spikes (e.g., campaigns or updates) and comparing performance before/after software or infrastructure changes.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:12What are load tests
- 10:27Definition and metrics
- 17:13Load testing tools
- 24:01Test environments
- 29:43Scenario scripting
- 32:14App preparation
- 36:15Results analysis
- 41:12Best practices
- 41:55Demo: k6 and Gatling
- 43:03Q&A
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