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Understanding Standard Deviation in Performance Testing

Standard Deviation is an important metric in performance testing analysis and informs us how stable the application under test is. In other words, it tells us if the requests that occur during the test are consistent or not. Standard Deviation measures how the response times are spread out around the average response time (mean). A small standard deviation means that the response time of all the requests are close to each other.

Mobile Testing Lab: How to decide which way to go?

If you’re a developer, a web designer, or a QA manager, you would want to ensure that your product delivers as promised. Today’s customers expect the highest standards of user experience. Anything less is grounds for disappointment and even lost business. Facebook’s mobile device testing lab at the Prineville Data Centre is equipped with Android and iOS devices that test Facebook applications and Instagram.

Sauce Labs - Beginning Test Automation Part 1

In this first of three SF Selenium meetup group recordings, Beginning Test Automation with Sauce Labs, learn about what pieces go into creating an automated test using Java, JUnit4, Selenium, as well as the Maven build tool and the IntelliJ IDE. Set up your project file and create a pom.xml for your first test project and set environment variables so you are ready to write automated test code.

Sauce Labs - Beginning Test Automation Part 2

In this 2nd of 3 SF Selenium meetup recordings, Beginning Test Automation with Sauce Labs, you will learn to write a basic test using a login page of a web application. Set up the project structure for a Java test with Maven and write test code using JUnit 4 assertions, Selenium commands, and an assertion statement, then learn to run your code and verify test passing and failure against a web app.

What is Load Testing? How It Works, Tools, Tutorials, and More

Load testing is a type of performance testing that simulates a real-world load on any software, application, or website. Without it, your application could fail miserably in real-world conditions. That’s why we build tools like Retrace to help you monitor application performance and fix bugs before your code ever gets to production.

Testlio 2020 and 2021: An Open Letter of Gratitude and Insights for Our Clients

Dear Testlio Clients, 2020 was a year of abundant challenges. Health, political, economic, social, data, and other issues rippled through news headlines. Moreso, many of us—across organizations and nations—felt the burden of the year. We carried it on our shoulders and in our hearts. Yet, amid challenges, we found hope. We summoned resiliency. We designed new, innovative approaches. And we came together. For one another. In countless ways.

[TUTORIAL] Automate Your Browsers with Katalon Recorder

Katalon Recorder is the most UI friendly and simplest extension for Record and Playback across browsers. It is built to help you replace manual works with automation. — Automate the repetitive tasks on browsers, such as generating reports, filling forms, automating games, etc. — Test your new features before handing your work over to the QA team — Run synthetic testing to monitor the functionality of web applications

Instrumented testing: the answer to faster bug reproduction and issue resolution

With product analytics, you collect data about how your users are interacting with features and how frequently they use your app. With website analytics, you know your top pages, devices, and locations, and you can drill down into activity per visitor. But what about manual app testing analytics?