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Load Testing Blog

Welcome to OctoPerf's blog, where we embark on a journey through the dynamic landscape of load testing, a crucial aspect of ensuring your applications thrive in the face of user demands.

Whether you're a seasoned performance engineer or just diving into the world of load testing, our blog is your go-to resource for insights, best practices, and cutting-edge tools.

Categories Highlights

  • JMeter Load-testing

    Load-testing using the n°1 open-source solution: Apache JMeter™.

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  • Real-Browser Load-testing

    Load-testing using real-browser solutions like Playwright and Selenimum Web-Driver.

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  • Load-testing Methodology

    Load-testing methodology and tools comparison.

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  • OctoPerf's releases

    Stay tuned on the JMeter™ Performance Center latest releases: OctoPerf!

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Latest Blog Posts

Improve Your Testing Efficiency: Unfolding Spira & OctoPerf's Integration

Learn more about SpiraPlan by visiting SpiraPlan 💻

Supercharge Your Testing Efficiency! ⚡️ Watch our webinar recording to see how the powerful integration between Spira and OctoPerf can revolutionize your testing workflow.

In this session, we dive deep into:

  • 📊 Unified Dashboard: See how Spira provides a single pane of glass to monitor your release progress, risks, and sprint statuses.
  • ✅ Real-Time Test Results: Learn how to track requirement statuses and drill down into individual test cases, including load tests powered by OctoPerf.
  • ⚡ Seamless OctoPerf Integration: Witness the magic of launching and analyzing OctoPerf load tests directly from Spira, streamlining your performance testing.
  • 📈 In-Depth Performance Analysis: Explore OctoPerf's capabilities for creating, debugging, and analyzing load tests with features like HAR file import, variable management, and real-time reporting.
  • 🌍 Global Load Testing: See how to simulate user traffic from multiple locations and compare performance metrics for a comprehensive view of your application's behavior.
  • 🛠️ Practical Demonstrations: Get hands-on insights into configuring and using both Spira and OctoPerf to enhance your testing process.

Performance Tester Diary - Episode 2

This is Chapter 2 of our journey of non-functional testing with Otto Perf. You can read Chapter 1 if you have missed it.

Authors note

The article is in the OctoPerf Blog pages

Otto had previously got to the point where he had defined a set of non-functional requirements and risk assessed these with the programme team. Otto had also had the opportunity to be involved in the design process which had allowed him to encourage the architects, and development leads to consider application performance as part of their architectural design principles. In this chapter we will follow Otto’s progress as he starts to consider how he is going to write his performance tests and how he will incrementally write tests in line with the development activity. Otto will also consider how he can make sense of the performance tests results he will gather and how he will ensure that the infrastructure is fit for purpose.

Performance Tester Diary - Episode 1

This is the first in a series of posts that are going to follow the fictional performance tester Otto Perf. Otto manages all aspects of performance testing for a fictional company OctoCar that specialise in selling used cars.

OctoCar are building a new system to manage the selling of their fleet of cars, and we are going to follow Otto on his journey as he ensures that the new technology platform performs in line with agreed non-functional requirements under peak volumes of load and concurrency.

We wanted to document the journey of performance testing through the delivery lifecycle of a new application from start to finish and look at how the non-functional testing process could be followed as the application is delivered.

Our blog posts normally focus on a singular aspect of the non-functional testing lifecycle and do not always consider the wider picture of non-functional testing, something that this series of posts will do.

New Features Tour - March 2025

Watch Our Latest Webinar: New Features Tour.

We’re excited to share the recording of our latest webinar, New Features Tour - March 2025!

Over the past 12 months, we improved both our SaaS and On-Premise versions, and this session showcases all the powerful updates we’ve introduced.

What’s New?

  • Trend Report – Track performance evolution over time
  • Insights – Automatically detect potential issues in your test
  • JTL Import – Seamlessly import & analyze your JMeter result libraries
  • Data Faker – Generate realistic test data effortlessly

Watch the full webinar to see these features in action and learn how they can optimize your performance testing!

Streamlining QA with functional and performance testing integration

Join Danielle Forier, Software Quality Assurance Analyst, as she shares the journey of how her QA team transformed their testing strategy by integrating functional and performance testing. Discover how reusable scripts and the right tools helped them achieve seamless workflows, greater efficiency, and the scalability needed to manage a growing and complex product portfolio.

Danielle Forier
Danielle Forier, is an Information Technology leader with over 15 years experience, she has a successful track record in key management, consulting, and individual contributor positions. Hands-on business experience in commodity trading, finance, logistics order-to-cash, and SDLC best practices allow her to be a proven IT change agent.