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Imagine the loss a software testing company would have to face when users turn away from an app or have a serious issue with its performance. In this digital age, besides quality and speed delivery, organizations also require ensuring that their app is performing as per user expectations. Organizations usually outsource their testing activities to reliable software testing companies. These companies design performance testing services in such a way that they can deliver quality software products.

Testers’ Role in Performance Testing Efforts

Performance testing is all about testing an app’s responsiveness, stability, reliability, and speed. In agile environments, testers have less time to spend on testing. Thus, no matter how wide the testing scope is, it is not possible to make it effective without performance testing processes. Testers focus on features and functionality of the app, so even when verifying performance, they have less time for rigorous testing. a good software tester never begins testing other aspects, unless the features and functions of an app are stable. They operate differently as compared to other teams. However, testers should run tests as soon as a new code is entered. This can help them in getting feedback on problems that can be resolved immediately.

Factors Defining a Good Performance Testing Strategy

To make sure that testers are using a successful strategy for performance testing, they list down three main categories:

  • Endurance – Testers aim at running a certain feature continuously for a while to detect memory leaks or anything that can cause the app to slow down
  • Stretching Limits – A load of an app is increased to a point after which it crashes. This is important to understand what an app’s load limit is
  • Scalability– Testers check how apps will handle growth by increasing the number of multiple users using the app simultaneously

Performance Testing and Automation

It is not possible for testers to conduct performance testing without automation testing tools. Automation helps them in simulating scenarios and user activities, to get the most of testing efforts. There are many free open source performance testing tools available for use. When moving to the DevOps environment, performance testers need to devise strategies to implement testing successfully. They require technical skills that help them understand code behaviors and interpretation of hardware or software defects. Testers always test with ‘what if’ scenario within the sprint. They also include a continuous testing approach in their testing strategy making performance testing more effective and efficient.

Conclusion

Testers believe that testing an app at the early stages of development can help them in improving product quality. Key stakeholders including developers, testers, analysts, managers, etc. will not have to face many challenges if testing is done at the right time, with the right software testing tools. And performance testing plays a vital role in the success of a product. Performance testing has become an integral part of the software development process, where testers give proper attention and time to check the performance thoroughly.

 

Ray Parker

Ray Parker

Ray Parker is an entrepreneur and tech enthusiast who loves to incorporate new technologies to get more efficient outcomes. When he's not marketing his latest venture, he keeps himself busy in writing technical articles to educate peers and professionals.
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