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Load Testing

Load testing helps you determine how a web application behaves by simulating real-world scenarios and increasing the load on the web server. Identifying bottlenecks that can slow performance under a heavier load, such as database access or cache size, can help you improve your web application for the best overall user experience.

Because load testing is a simulation of user behavior, use load test results as a guide to what users experience as application use increases. Load testing will not provide you with the maximum number of users that an application can support.

QA Wizard Pro load test scripts do not capture user interface actions. When you record load test scripts, QA Wizard Pro only captures the information exchanged between the application and web server. You can then run those scripts under a load of virtual users to determine how the application and server behave.

Keep the following in mind:

Before you record a load test script, make sure the testing environment is as basic as possible and does not contain elements that are not part of the application, which could affect the test results. For example, you may need to clear the cache or disable browser toolbars.
Before you run a load test, you may need to modify some scripts so they do not affect the test results. For example, keep basic setup and read/write actions in standard QA Wizard Pro scripts and call those scripts from load test scripts. Load tests should only include statements for testing performance under load.