Performance Testing as a Continuous Process
Overview:
Performance testing is no longer a one-time activity done at the end of the development cycle. With modern applications that are highly dynamic and user-focused, performance testing is becoming an ongoing process throughout the lifecycle. This ensures that applications can handle growing user loads, especially with the rise of web and mobile apps.
Key Trends:
- Continuous load testing: Testing application performance continuously throughout development to ensure scalability.
- Real-time monitoring: Integrating performance monitoring into the development process to catch performance issues before they affect users.
- DevOps integration: Performance testing is incorporated into DevOps pipelines to continuously monitor and test the performance of services at every stage.
Example Tools:
- Apache JMeter
- LoadRunner
- New Relic (Real-time monitoring)