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Best Practices for Performance Testing: A Guide for Developers

August 1, 2023 Aug 1, 2023 08/1/23

David Lee, Andrew Vineyard

This post underscores the importance of performance testing in software development, based on insights from a project involving a high-throughput containerized workload. It highlights the necessity of establishing clear performance goals, early identification and collaboration with a Performance Engineer, effective use of Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools, and maintaining a dedicated performance environment. It also advocates for frequent, early, and local testing to expedite issue detection and resolution. Additionally, the article emphasizes best practices such as automation, clear log segregation, performance-level metrics generation, and end-to-end visibility for enhanced performance testing, underscoring the iterative nature of the process.