performance 8 January 2026
The Importance of Test Data in Performance Testing
Learn why test data quality can make or break your performance tests, and discover practical methods for creating realistic, scalable test data.
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Articles about performance testing, tools, methods, and lessons learned from years of enterprise experience.
performance 10 April 2024
Building a Performance Testing Strategy: From Requirements to Metrics
A comprehensive guide to developing a performance testing strategy, from gathering requirements to defining success criteria and reporting results.
Read more tools 28 December 2023
Splitting JTL Files
An easy method of splitting JTL files to extract only the data you want to analyse. Learn how to isolate steady-state data from ramp-up periods in your JMeter performance tests.
Read more tutorials 19 September 2023
Integrating JMeter with Prometheus and Grafana
Set up real-time JMeter metrics visualization using Prometheus and Grafana for better load test monitoring and analysis.
Read more performance 13 June 2023
Azure Performance Testing: App Service and AKS Optimization
Practical guidance for performance testing applications on Microsoft Azure, covering App Service scaling, AKS configuration, and Azure-specific considerations.
Read more performance 21 February 2023
Performance Testing Microservices: Isolation and Dependencies
Strategies for performance testing microservices architectures, including service isolation, dependency mocking, and distributed tracing.
Read more tutorials 9 November 2022
GitLab CI Performance Testing Pipeline
Set up automated performance testing in GitLab CI/CD with k6 and JMeter, including Docker runners and result visualisation.
Read more tools 11 October 2022
SQLcl
A useful tool when dealing with Oracle data and automation is SQLcl. It allows you to connect to Oracle without launching a GUI and execute SQL on the command line.
Read more tools 7 October 2022
Pika
A python tool called Pika is able to communicate with RabbitMQ and can prove useful for retrieving messages from error queues.
Read more performance 17 August 2022
Kubernetes Performance Testing: Pods, Services, and Scaling
Learn how to performance test applications running on Kubernetes, including pod scaling behaviour, service mesh latency, and resource limit testing.
Read more tools 14 June 2022
Locust for Load Testing: Python-Based Performance Testing
Learn how to use Locust for load testing with Python, from basic scripts to distributed testing across multiple machines.
Read more tools 8 March 2022
Performance Testing with Playwright: Beyond Functional Testing
Learn how to use Playwright for performance testing, measuring page load times, Core Web Vitals, and identifying frontend bottlenecks.
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