Chris’s Performance Testing Blog
A place to learn about performance testing
Self Cleaning Load Test Database
I ran into an issue where I was running out of storage on the Load Test Repository DB. I knew that...
Author: Christopher Witte Date: 04/30/2018
High Value Scenarios - 4-Step Load Test
High Value Scenarios consist of multiple elements that can help to describe attributes of an...
Author: Christopher Witte Date: 12/28/2017
Great MSDN Blogs for Testers Using VSTS
Hi, I'm just going to post a bunch of redirects here to help you find other testing resources....
Author: Christopher Witte Date: 10/12/2017
Four Traits of Great Performance Testers
Whether you are a hiring manager looking for the right candidate or a current performance tester who...
Author: Christopher Witte Date: 10/11/2017
Dependent Request Extraction VSTS
Sometimes your extraction fails because what you are looking for is returned in a dependent request....
Author: Christopher Witte Date: 10/10/2017
Calculating vUsers for a Scenario Using “Test Mix Based on User Pace”
Load Test vUser Models in Visual Studio Using think time for pacing Test mix based on sequential...
Author: Christopher Witte Date: 10/09/2017
Automate Your Tests for Agile
The prevailing wisdom a few years back was that performance testing doesn’t fit into an Agile...
Author: Christopher Witte Date: 10/06/2017
Load Test Network Connection Monitoring
Questions around how to understand the number of connections an application is using have always...
Author: Christopher Witte Date: 10/05/2017
Adjustable Think Time For Dynamic Polling Requests
So, you just recorded your script and see a polling request from the browser and if that isn’t...
Author: Christopher Witte Date: 10/04/2017
Little's Law and How It Impacts Load Testers
Load testing is all about queuing, and servicing the queues. The main goals in our tests are parts...
Author: Christopher Witte Date: 10/04/2017