Tim Kadlec

JANUARY 12, 2021

We’re not picking on Optimizely because of anything they do that’s any worse than any other client-side A/B testing solution (all in all, they do pretty well compared to some of the other options I’ve tested), but because of their popularity in the space means this example is likely very relevant to many folks reading this.

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Testing Google Traffic Servers 137

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Networking, HTTP/2, HTTP/3 OCSP stapling, EV/DV certificates, packaging, IPv6, QUIC, HTTP/3. Testing And Monitoring Auditing workflow, proxy browsers, 404 page, GDPR cookie consent prompts, performance diagnostics CSS, accessibility. In fact, it might be a good idea to look into current Amazon Best Sellers for your target market.

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Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

MAY 9, 2022

WebPageTest is one of the few web performance testing tools that actually tests a reload of the page using a primed HTTP Cache — most of the other tools just flag if your HTTP resources are not explicitly set to be cached. Back/Forward Cache Testing Tool. The HTTP Cache is a disk cache.

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Cache Games Performance Website 92

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

If you don’t have a device at hand, emulate mobile experience on desktop by testing on a throttled network (e.g. To make the performance impact more visible, you could even introduce 2G Tuesdays or set up a throttled 3G network in your office for faster testing. 150ms RTT, 1.5 Mbps down, 0.7

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Performance Cache Metrics Network 104

Testsigma

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

A good browser, good apps, a good camera, and fast networking in your smartphone are just expected today. Technological development and robust testing have helped us reach where we are. When it is about multiple devices and browsers – the role of cross-browser testing can not be under-estimated. – Thorsten Heins.

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Testing Website Mobile Testing Tools 52

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

This might be very different for your company, of course, but that’s a close enough approximation of a majority of customers out there. If you don’t have a device at hand, emulate mobile experience on desktop by testing on a throttled 3G network (e.g. Thanks to Tim Kadlec, Henri Helvetica and Alex Russel for the pointers!

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Performance Cache Network Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

The gotcha here is that, if your mobile experience isn’t optimized for various devices and network conditions, these customers will never appear in your analytics — just because your website or app will be barely usable on their devices, and so they are unlikely to return. Mobile Web Testing.

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Mobile Testing Website Benchmarking 135

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 19, 2021

Total Blocking Time (TBT) is a good proxy for FID when using a testing tool without any direct user interaction, but also keep an eye on Time to Interactive (TTI) when looking at FID. These tools run page loads on simulated networks and devices and then tell you what the metrics were for that test run.

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Google Metrics Mobile Analytics 141

Rigor

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Does the tool allow you to import industry-standard formats like Selenium IDE ? Of course, since websites change daily (in some cases) and scripts can stop working, it is also important to evaluate a tool based on its troubleshooting capabilities, such as: Can you test the script? Can you specify the location?

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Monitoring Benchmarking Mobile Traffic 59

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

One tool that’s particularly helpful is called Lighthouse. Instead, I suggest that web designers use another Google testing tool called Test My Site. Test My Site is a mobile page speed testing tool from Think with Google. Source: Test My Site ) ( Large preview ). Of course not.

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Website Speed Mobile Design 110

Dotcom-Montior

AUGUST 18, 2016

LoadView is a powerful cloud-based load testing tool that can run in real browsers as well as headless http tasks to load test your website or web application. Over the course of a single load test you can generate millions of site visits, simulating peak load times on your website.

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Software Software Testing Website 40

KeyCDN

OCTOBER 31, 2018

It contains just about everything you need to create and debug dynamic web apps including a PHP code beautifier tool. Of course, all of those features come with a hefty licensing fee. Best PHP Testing Tools 1. PHPUnit PHPUnit is just like JUnit except that it’s for PHP testing instead of Java testing.

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Development Open Source Java AWS 57

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 19, 2017

One noteworthy feature is the Network Elements Filter. Instead of having to completely halt testing to address each error as it crops up, you can filter out the guilty element (such as images or flash) and continue load testing right away. The next graph shows the number of sessions started over the course of the test.

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Performance Testing Testing Performance Virtualization 40

Rigor

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

At a minimum, Optimal recommends that you have RUM, APM, synthetic, and load test tools set up, instrumented, and producing meaningful data. For example, an ecommerce business would likely want to test mission-critical conversion paths, API flows, and business transactions on both mobile and desktop. CDN offload issues [CDN].

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Website Cache Traffic Ecommerce 74

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 2, 2021

We decided to build up a very simple Kanban board, established a project stand-up and a project Slack channel, and kept management and the company up-to-date via our internal social cast network.”. Depending on the project, testing tools don’t need to be complex or sophisticated to be effective. Large preview ). Large preview ).

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Strategy Testing Best Practices Code 134

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Next, we’ll look at how to set up servers and clients (that’s the hard part unless you’re using a content delivery network (CDN)). Finally, we’ll see which tools you can use to evaluate the performance impact of the new protocols (that’s the almost impossible part, at least for now). Servers and Networks. Network Configuration.

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Network Servers Cache Traffic 106

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Of course, the idea of using cars to play soccer is not unique, but two main ideas should set Autowuzzler apart: I wanted to reconstruct some of the look and feel of playing on a physical foosball table, and I wanted to make sure it is as easy as possible to invite friends or teammates to a quick casual game. Creating A Schema.

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Games Servers Database Virtualization 96