Preparing for Performance and Load Testing
The idea behind testing is to execute your application in a setting that closely simulates the actual environment it will be running in. This means the following:
Reproduce the production application environment— This includes hardware and external resources such as your database environment
Attempt to accurately simulate actual user behavior— This includes determining the types of users who will be accessing the application and how they will be using it
Attempt to accurately simulate the number of actual users— This includes determining the maximum number of users per user type that will simultaneously be accessing the application
Stress testing— Monitor application behavior as dependent resources ...
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