What is Performance Testing?
Performance testing is a software testing process that measures the speed, response time, reliability, stability, scalability, and resource usage of a software application under varying workloads.
The six types of performance testing are:
- Load Testing : Identify the number of virtual users who might use the software.
- Stress Testing : Test software under extreme workload to recognize its breaking point.
- Spike Testing : Examine the reaction of the software during large spikes in load.
- Endurance Testing : Check the endurance of the software for expected load.
- Scalability Testing : Determine the ability of the software to support an increase in user load.
- Volume Testing : Analyze the performance of the software under varying database volumes.
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What is the scope for performance testing in the IT sector these days for freshers?
Test engineers should be skilled to measure the quality of an application under a given load. The key roles and responsibilities of a performance tester include:
- Analysing business scenarios
- Understanding the non-functional requirements
- Designing the test scripts
- Identifying parameters for testing
- Establishing checkpoints
- Designing workload models
- Executing performance tests
Thus, performance testing will never go out of use as testing applications will have utmost importance in the application development process. Freshers should have knowledge of performance tools and should have sufficient knowledge of performing functional or non-functional testing.
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