Wednesday, November 8, 2017

NeoLoad - Performance and Load testing



This blog we will talk about NeoLoad for Performance testing.

Neoload is a paid application for performance testing but it has demo feature which one can check and try the application before buying the full Software.

To download a demo one has to visit -

https://www.neotys.com/

From there we can get a free version though free version which will give upto 50 concurrent users
to put the load on your website.

When you launch the application it will look something like below


You will observe the application has 3 tabs

1. User Paths

2. Populations

3. Monitors


1. user paths are like the paths which the application will follow while testing, you have to record the way the application should progress in your website. It will then prompt a check and inform if any requests or response is not proper.


2. Population is nothing but the environment which you want to set up so using this you can go ahead  set the browser or device you want the application to access your website from. It will emulate the specific device  and login to your website.


3. Monitors are the technology which you used on your website and the technology which you want neoload to use to access your website. It helps identifying any platform related issues while user is making a transaction with your website.


After setting this Go to Run time tab and select the load policy and Press play.

It will run for selected time and give a result like below-



It also has many good features which is available as free.


Good Tool overall. Very Easy to use.