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A Total Approach to Performance Testing of Web Applications

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With web applications forming the core of a business’s digital presence on the internet, their performance in terms of loading speed, throughput, and other parameters has become critical. It has become a distinctive feature to succeed in the market. Poor performance of such web applications or websites can have negative consequences for a business in terms of its ability to attract and retain customers. For instance, during Black Friday or Cyber Monday sales, eCommerce websites should be able to handle a large number of concurrent visitors. Because if they falter, users will likely switch to competing sites, leaving the website or web application bruised. Statistically speaking, every year, slow-loading websites cost a staggering $2.6 billion in losses to their owners. Also, about 53% of the website visitors on mobile are likely to abandon the site if it takes more than 3 seconds to load. (Source: theglobalstatistics.com). This is the reason why performance testing should be conducted...