Introduction to Performance Testing

Let us start learning performance testing from the beginning.

Before starting , let us see the need of performance testing for internet business.

In summary, When an application or product can fulfill the requirements quickly and put in to a position to expand its business.

or in other words, a System that is not able to service business transactions due to slow performance is a big loss to organization.,its customers and any other related person to that organization.

Hence, Performance is a basic requirement for any product or system which is catching up rapidly in software testing community.

in Single sentence: Performance testing concentrates on the capability of the system in handling the multiple transactions in a particular time apart from other factors.

In next post, let us see the Factors governing the Performance Testing .

(Source : Software Testing : Principles and Practices By Srinivasan Desikan and Gopalakrishnan Ramesh)