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The Role of Recording in Load Testing Tools

Alex Podelko

An interesting discussion started around a very good post Open Source Load Testing Tool Review by Ragnar Lönn. Somehow David’s reply wasn’t posted to the blog – so posting it here and responding to it here: David Luu: Well, you didn’t elaborate on the “specifics” of your type of complex test scenario.

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Google Lighthouse Audits – How to use Chrome’s built-in speed testing tool

MachMetrics

However, you have likely used the Web UI that Google uses to allow you to test websites for speed – Google PageSpeed Insights. Lighthouse is a completely open-source tool that allows users to test any website in a multitude of ways. Let’s take a look at how to get the most out of this powerful tool.

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What Web Designers Can Do To Speed Up Mobile Websites

Smashing Magazine

What Web Designers Can Do To Speed Up Mobile Websites. What Web Designers Can Do To Speed Up Mobile Websites. What I didn’t know before writing it was that her agency was struggling to optimize their mobile websites for speed. One tool that’s particularly helpful is called Lighthouse. Suzanne Scacca. seconds too long.

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10 Steps to Prepare Your Website for High-Load Days: Are You Ready for Black Friday?

Rigor

According to Rich Howard, CEO of Optimal, a business dedicated to optimizing websites and mobile apps , there are ten steps your business can take now to start preparing your website or web application for the upcoming holiday season. STEP 1: Invest in the Right Tooling and Get Everyone On Board. CDN offload issues [CDN].

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Search Engine Optimization Checklist (PDF)

Smashing Magazine

Implementing SEO best practice doesn’t just give you the best chance possible of ranking well in search engines; it makes your websites better by scrutinizing quality, design, accessibility, and speed, among other things. Following best practice usually means a better website, more organic traffic, and happier visitors. Win, win, win.

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The State Of Mobile And Why Mobile Web Testing Matters

Smashing Magazine

This requires your website or application to be heavily optimized for mobile. This might be very different for your company, of course, but that’s a close enough approximation of a majority of customers out there. One of the famous examples is Flipkart , India’s largest e-commerce website. Making A Case For Business.

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How to automate your web testing on real mobile and desktop browsers

Testsigma

But today, each of us uses a mobile phone for running web applications and websites. When we are talking about web testing, we mean web applications and website testing in web browsers. Therefore, the web applications and websites should be compatible to run on both desktop and mobile browsers. Reference: [link].

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