The Beginner’s Blueprint to Performance Testing

Performance Testing is one of the Niche skill in software industry .I would try to list step by step guide which would help to get started with performance testing carrier

1.Understand the Basics of Software testing .
– Basics of Software Testing
– Why we do performance testing
– Load Testing , Volume Testing , Spike Testing & Smoke Testing

2.Learn Any Performance Testing Tool
– Find some popular tools like JMeter , Gatling , K6 , Artillery , Load Runner
– Select any tool ,start learning with Hands on . Enroll for any tutorial in Udemy .
– Don’t Just watch the tutorial , try to do the hands on while watching this will help to gain confidence on the tool .

3. Learn Performance Testing Metrics
While Learning the tool you may come across performance testing concepts as listed below try to understand them and its importance .
– Vuser
– Request
– Response
– Throughput
– Concurrent Users
– Resource utilization
– Latency
– Load Generator
– KPI’s and how to Analyze and interest test results .

4. Once the Tool is learnt and understand the concepts , try to implement the same by working on any application .You can try to connect with colleague who works on performance testing project by extending the help .During this time Familiarize yourself with industry best practices for performance testing, such as test data management, test environment setup, test scripting, and result analysis. Understanding these practices will help you conduct effective performance tests.

5. Stay Updated with Industry trends by following the blog , attending the Meet Ups