Performance Testing Basics

This video introduces performance testing to the absolute beginners. It talks about what is performance testing, why performance testing is needed, how it is done in a project and who are the different parties involved in performance testing.

Know how performance testing is done in a project! Understand what activities are carried out during each phase of the performance testing life cycle.

One of the main goals of a performance tester is to identify any performance bottlenecks in the system. Watch this video to understand what is performance bottleneck, what causes it, and how to track it during performance testing.

Often used interchangeably, the terms 'Concurrent Users' and 'Simultaneous Users' are not actually the same. They hold a special meaning and understanding them is pretty vital in performance testing. Watch this video to know more about both these terms.

This video explains average load and peak load in detail. These 2 values are used for carrying out different kind of performance tests. So understanding them is crucial. Peak load value is used for load test and average load value is used for soak test.

Response time, latency and throughput are 3 important criteria for measuring any application performance. This video explains all these 3 terms in detail.

Typically, all performance tests go through 3 states while running: ramp up, steady state and ramp down. This video explains all these terms in detail.

While doing a performance test, it's important that we simulate the actions performed by end-users to get the relevant performance results. Think time and pacing helps us achieve that. Understand these 2 important concepts in this video.

Workload Modeling is probably the most important performance testing activity which will make or break your performance testing effectiveness. Therefore it's important to understand this concept. Learn about Workload Modeling in this video.

This video explains what is performance monitoring and why it is important. Often overlooked part of overall performance testing activities, performance monitoring plays a key role in pinpointing any performance issues or bottlenecks.

This video explains what is load test, how it is done, some common issues noticed during load test and its workload model with an example.

This video explains what is stress test, how it is done, some common issues noticed during stress test and its workload model with an example.

This video explains what is soak test, how it is done, some common issues noticed during soak test and its workload model with an example.

This video explains what is spike test, how it is done, some common issues noticed during spike test and its workload model with an example.