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Teaching performance testing

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2021-10-14
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Copyright (c) 2021 Gábor Árpád Németh, Péter Sótér

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Németh, G. Árpád, & Sótér, P. (2021). Teaching performance testing. Teaching Mathematics and Computer Science, 19(1), 17-33. https://doi.org/10.5485/TMCS.2021.0518
Abstract

Performance testing plays a vital role in the verification of large scale software systems. It is used for testing the speed, responsiveness, capacity and stability of the investigated system. However, despite the significance of this topic, the effort invested in teaching performance testing in Computer Science is insufficient. The current paper shows, how the fundamentals of performance testing can be demonstrated to students both from a theoretical and a practical viewpoint through step-by-step practical examples that are used in the industry. It is also discussed how a basic toolchain can be set up for performance tests using only free tools. With the presented examples, the reader will be able to take first steps in the performance testing area.

Subject Classification: 68M15