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Performance Testing with Open Source Tools – Myths and Reality

Alex Podelko

Otherwise we wouldn’t see so many commercial tools built on the top of open source including BlazeMeter (it is ironic that the article is posted on the BlazeMeter site), Flood, and OctoPerf. I remember really liking the technical side of these tests. What load testing tools did you use? What is your business model?

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2020 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]

Smashing Magazine

Keep in mind that a good performance picture covers a set of performance metrics, lab data and field data : Synthetic testing tools collect lab data in a reproducible environment with predefined device and network settings (e.g. Real User Monitoring ( RUM ) tools evaluate user interactions continuously and collect field data (e.g.

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2021

Smashing Magazine

Keep in mind that a good performance picture covers a set of performance metrics, lab data and field data : Synthetic testing tools collect lab data in a reproducible environment with predefined device and network settings (e.g. Real User Monitoring ( RUM ) tools evaluate user interactions continuously and collect field data (e.g.

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2019 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]

Smashing Magazine

Keep in mind that a good performance picture covers a set of performance metrics, lab data and field data : Synthetic testing tools collect lab data in a reproducible environment with predefined device and network settings (e.g. Real User Monitoring ( RUM ) tools evaluate user interactions continuously and collect field data (e.g.