subject: Performance Testing Of Web Applications [print this page] Changes to Web site software or hardware, no matter how minor, can impact site performance in unexpected ways and lead to frustrated end-users. Test Perspective, with its intuitive script recorder and easy-to-use portal, is designed for everyday use as an integral part of your software and hardware upgrade process. Test Perspective empowers you to:
Check the performance of your popular Web site pages when changes occur to proactively identify slowdowns or bottlenecks.
Make informed go/no-go decisions on releasing modifications to your Web site through targeted, ondemand testing.
Reduce the risk of poor performance leading to lost revenue for your company.
Reasons are many to test a web application. Load testing is basically done in order to test the behavior of an application from a normal to an extreme condition with peak loads. Virtual users are created around it first to test the application behavior and slowly the number of the vitrual users are increased to identify the performance at different levels of working of the web application's capabilities when subjected to extreme conditions. You will come across the threshold limit for your application's performance.
Realistic needs of testing web applications
Outside-the-firewall testing for your entire Web application infrastructure
Performance measurements from locations around the world
Validation that your e-business infrastructure can handle the expected traffic
Convenience requirement for businesses
Quick provisioning, unlimited user accounts, on-demand scheduling
