Ever wondered what would happen if you launched your web applications without load testing them? You may run into glitches and lose a huge chunk of your customer base due to poor app performance. For ...

Load testing tools are important to test a specific software's performance in actual or realistic environments. After all, a web application is only as favorable as its use in practical scenarios.

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...

With the release of its new LoadRunner in the Cloud application load testing solution, HP aims to provide the flexibility of software-as-a-service in tools that traditionally entailed substantial ...

The reason to load test your client/server application is to detect multi-user interaction errors, right? Wrong! If this is your view of load testing, you are seeing only one dimension of this ...

The challenges of Web simulation stem from the fact that a test environment must allow for all of the variables and factors found in Web trafficmainly the unpredictability created by the end user.

We’re now living in a time where users expect as much functionality, reliability and flexibility from Web apps as desktop programs. All our data is slowly but surely moving into the cloud, and ...

In my new day job at Alpha Software, one of my responsibilities is to explore ways to expand the reach of the company’s products. One of the first projects to fall into my lap was load testing a ...

This guide presents an overview of the Top 15 Test Automation Tools, highlighting their key features, pros and cons, and ...

Hi all,<BR>I'm currently working on a client / server app using a JEE 5 application sever and Swing clients. The swing clients part is pretty new to me, having come from the web world. <BR>I know of ...