Tool's New Release Updates

A new version of LoadRunner:

LoadRunner 2021:

A new version of Microfocus LoadRunner has been launched with some new and advanced features.

Refer to the below link to get more information (What's New).

• LoadRunner Professional 2021
• LoadRunner Cloud 2021
• LoadRunner Enterprise 2021 

 

 

Functional Testing Updates

Webinar on Selenium: Scheduled on 31st July 2019 conducted by Sauce Labs.

Click here to get more details. 

Selenium; a highly demanding functional testing tool. Recently I got an informative video created by Raghav. Refer to the link to get a detailed understanding of "How does Selenium work?"

Video Link

PerfMatrix - Tips of the Day (DynaTrace)

Now, Dynatrace certificate is available. Visit at below link for more information. 

Dynatrace Certification 

PerfMatrix - Tips of the day (NeoLoad)

Neotys is conducting a webinar on the latest release of NeoLoad 7.1. Do attend it and explore what are the new features added in this release.

For more details and registration, refer to below link:

NeoLoad 7.1 Webinar

PerfMatrix - Tips of the Day (JMeter)

JMeter - Live Video Streaming Tool

Blazemeter has released an updated version on HLS plugin used for live video streaming performance testing. What are the new features and how does it work? Get all the answers in below link:

Article Link

PerfMatrix - Tip of the Day (LoadRunner)

What is an apple-to-apple comparison between different correlation function of LoadRunner?
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Performance Center - Defining SLA for a performance test:
Click here


LoadRunner Best Practice:
Click here

List of some important LoadRunner functions with the description:

Click here to get the list

Interview Question: What are the different combinations of Parameter setting in LoadRunner and how they behave? Explain with example. 

Click here to know the answer


Release News:
Micro Focus LoadRunner and Performance Center 12.62 has been released on 26th Feb 2019. This time Micro Focus LoadRunner and Performance Center both came in a new avatar with many advanced features. How do they look and what are the new features added? Check it out right now: 

Micro Focus LoadRunner / Performance Center 12.62

Micro Focus LoadRunner 12.62 - Free Trial

Micro Focus Performance Center 12.62 - Free Trail

PerfMatrix - Sunday Shot

To upskill the knowledge for a performance tester, it is necessary to grab the understanding of performance engineering concept. GC or Garbage Collection log analysis is one of the important stuff which helps to identify the root cause of the issue related to memory. We have also discussed the same last Friday but in a different way. 

"gceasy" is a well know GC log analysis tool, they have published an article which comprises of GC analysis metrics and how it is different from APM tool. Must read this post (especially for those who are interested in PE):

Article Link

gceasy URL where you upload and analyse the GC log:
gceasy GC Log Analyser :👇

👉 Learn GC Analysis

More Tips of the Day:

• Monday Mantra
• Tuesday Treasure
• Wednesday Wonder
• Thursday Thunder
• Friday Funda
• Saturday Sage


                            

PerfMatrix - Saturday Sage

1. Performance requirements - criteria that are absolutely non-negotiable due to contractual obligations, service level agreements or business needs. Only those criteria whose sub-par performance would unquestionably lead to a decision to delay a release are absolutely required.

2. Performance goals - criteria desired for release, but negotiable under certain circumstances. For instance, if a response time goal for a particular transaction is set at 3 seconds, but the actual response time is determined to be 3.3 seconds, it is likely stakeholders will choose to release the application and defer performance tuning of that transaction for a future release.

3. Performance testing objectives - items that add value to the team through the process of performance testing but are not intrinsically quantitative. For example, one objective might be to provide certain data to systems administrators to assist them in tuning systems under their purview. Another objective might be to determine peak application usage that the existing network can support.

The above content has been taken from a white paper "Get performance requirements right - think like a user" written by Scott Barber and published by Compuware. The reference document can be accessed via this link.

More Tips of the Day:

• Monday Mantra
• Tuesday Treasure
• Wednesday Wonder
• Thursday Thunder
• Friday Funda
• Sunday Shot


                            

PerfMatrix - Friday Funda

New Relic has published an ebook to understand what is DevOps?  The topics are very basic and easy to understand. If you want to know the concept of DevOps the refer to below link:

DevOps eBook by New Relic

More Tips of the Day:

• Monday Mantra
• Tuesday Treasure
• Wednesday Wonder
• Thursday Thunder
• Saturday Sage
• Sunday Shot


                            

PerfMatrix - Thursday Thunder

Challenges and Tips for SAP application performance testing:

Article Link

More Tips of the Day:

• Monday Mantra
• Tuesday Treasure
• Wednesday Wonder
• Friday Funda
• Saturday Sage
• Sunday Shot

                            

PerfMatrix - Wednesday Wonder

 

Performance Testing and Performance Monitoring are the two side of a coin. What are the differences between them and what are the roles of the respective person? To know more read the article published by Neotys:

👉Article Link

More Tips of the Day:

• Monday Mantra
• Tuesday Treasure
• Thursday Thunder 
• Friday Funda
• Saturday Sage
• Sunday Shot