Importance of Load Testing in the Software Development Life Cycle

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In every life cycle of software development, a load testing process is needed. The load testing refers to the process of testing loads of any software application or program. It examines and illustrates how a specific software application behaves even it has a huge amount of loads. It tests the capability of a software application or program to handle such big amounts of loads without interruption in its processes with a huge demand of the end users. This is applied to a various software application or program, especially when the completion is coming near.

Load testing is essential to make our software development running smoothly and accurately. To enlighten up your mind, here are some of the reasons why provide testing of loads in your software as part of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

• To discover the potential and capability of a software application even with high loads

There are software applications who defects and interrupts once given with the high amount of loads. It can’t handle the loads that s why it tends to interrupt and malfunction. Giving a particular software application with a load testing process might help for you to observe and see the potential capability of it. In this way, you can do some adjustments and considerations for you to improve and make your software application a better one.

• Reduces the risks of Rework and Repair

If you are aware enough about the load capacity of a particular software application, you can limit its usage and users. In this way, you can avoid and lessen the risk of malfunction and interruption of your software application’s process. You can also save your time, effort, and money, giving this software application the repair it needs. As a software programmer and developer, it is essential to let your software application undergo load testing process so that you can assure that it can meet the expectations not only of yourself, not also the users.

• Speed of the Page

An end user will not be happy if a page takes time before it loads. For example, you are shopping online for a shoe. After picking your order, you now went to the payment section where you will pay the allocated price of your chosen product. As you click send, the page got unresponsive. The page was now slow to load, and you are not sure if your payment was sent to the shop. In this kind of situation, end users might lose trust and confidence using your software application.

This can lead to a decrease in the number of end users and might fall into a failing state of your software application. Given this, proper testing of loads must be upheld. You should test and check the capability of your application to accommodate a considerable amount of end users. You should check the capacity of your application when used by the people. In this way, interruptions and malfunctions will be avoided. You can gain trust and more trust from the end users. You can also build your name in the field of software development.

• Get Rid of Website Crashes and Downtime

A website crash or downtime can significantly affect the performance of the page and your application. This can result in unsatisfied clients or end users, and they might not trust you again. Especially in terms of transacting money using a software application, a company or business might end up losing much money as the website crashes. That is why load testing must be done in every software application to ensure its quality service and uninterrupted processing.

Having your software application or program being tested for its load capacity is vital. In this way, you can make sure that your application will run smoothly and properly without experiencing any interruption or hindrances. You can also fully satisfy and meet the expectations of your clients or end users. You can provide them with a high quality of software service as well as an easy way of doing some work in the internet realm. Through this, you can achieve success and a name in the field of software development.

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