Load & Performance Testing - Fundamentals

System performance is a crucial factor for the successful implementation of a new system. Load and performance tests minimize the risk of a system failing to meet user performance requirements. Often, these requirements must first be defined by the business units in collaboration with the performance engineer and documented in a Service Level Agreement (SLA ). After this seminar, you will be able to conduct effective load and performance tests . You will learn pragmatic approaches to solving common performance problems. The NeoLoad course materials are provided by Tricentis (available online). At the end of this course, you can take an exam. Upon successful completion, you will receive the "Tricentis NeoLoad Fundamentals" certificate

Requirements

Software Testing Know-how
Hardware: Laptop with at least 16 GB RAM and a dual-core i5 processor, as well as 200 GB of free hard drive space. Additionally, local administrator rights and permission to change proxy settings are required.
Operating system: Recommended: Windows (version 8 or later). Also possible: Mac OS 10.4 or later, Linux kernel 2.3 or later. Platform must support at least Java 11.

Program & Content

Fundamentals of load and performance testing as well as project workflow

Different types of tests and their focus
Possible approaches to L&P projects
Example workflows from past projects
Common problems
Realism vs. Interpretability
LuP tests in a staging environment (DEV, INT, TEST, PREPROD)
Basic technical knowledge (operating systems, application & web servers, databases) and most common sources of error

Using Neoload to design load tests & scenarios

Create workloads, test cases & test scenarios
Dynamization & Synchronization
Measurement points & direct metrics
Controller & load driver, including architecture
Scheduling & Runtime Settings
HTTP communication (headers, cookie management, response codes)
Regular expressions and loops
Corrections to parameters/variables
Definition of service level agreements
Lego construction methods in LuP scripts
Certification exam

Bottleneck detection, monitoring, analysis and reporting

Monitoring and Performance KPIs
Interpretation & Communication
Plausibility checks
Baselining
Service Virtualization
Automatic monitoring, evaluation, alarming
Anonymized sample report from a project

Target audience

The workshop "Load & Performance Testing with Neoload" is aimed at testers and developers who are interested in the field of load and performance testing.