Performance Testing 101

Talk Description

Have you ever heard of the term Performance Testing?

Do you get confused as to what the differences are among load testing, stress testing and soak testing?

Have you ever been asked to perform client side and server side performance testing but you’re unsure how to get started?

If you’ve answered yes to these questions then this talk is for you! As part of this talk, I will cover the following things:

• Why do we need to test for performance?
• The difference between client side and server side performance testing.
• An overview of what metrics to consider when doing client side performance testing.
• An overview of what metrics to consider when doing server side performance testing.
• A quick glimpse on how to measure the performance of your favourite website using Google Lighthouse for client side performance and k6 for server side performance.

After this talk, you should be equipped with the knowledge and tools to use to get started with performance testing.

By the end of this session, you'll be able to:

Marie Cruz

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Senior Developer Advocate

Marie Cruz is a Software Tester with over 10 years of experience and the co-author of the book Contract Testing in Action. Currently, she works as a Senior Developer Advocate at Grafana Labs.