Load, or stress, testing is a type of performance testing that aims to verify that the system can operate under a particular load, such as heavy usage traffic or large quantities of processed data.
Load testing is a black-box testing, and usually, entire system testing. For web applications, a common pattern for creating load tests is to record a user session on the website, and create a test that replays the user actions. The test can then be enhanced with additional steps, or parametrized, and it can be run by multiple external threads simultaneously, simulating heavy load on the system.
With the power of cloud, it has become easy to temporarily acquire the compute power needed to generate a peak load. We will discuss the built-in ...
