TestGuild Devops Toolchain Podcast

What are the components of a performance testing framework? And why should you build one? Open-source performance testing tools are great, but you need a framework of tools to provide all the features you need for serious performance testing. In this episode, Stephen Townshend, an SRE at IAG, shares why you should build your performance test framework, the components that make up a performance test framework, suggestions of tools and scripting languages along the way, and examples of frameworks implemented in the real world.

Do you know that you can use Cypress for performance testing? In this audio tutorial episode, Marie Drake, a Cypress Ambassador & a Tech Blogger, shares how to add performance testing to your Cypress test suites. Discover why performance is essential, the two main types of performance, step-by-step instructions on getting set up, and listening in on a quick demo.

As you’ve probably heard, Kubernetes has become the new application server of modern cloud-native applications. But how do you avoid performance issues and increase efficiency when adopting Kubernetes? In this episode, Stefano Doni, Chief Technology Officer at Akamas, shares his approach to using AI to optimize your experience. Discover key Kubernetes resource management concepts and how AI can help achieve the perfect balance between low costs, optimal application performance, and reliability. Listen up!

Continuous performance testing is nothing new, but one of the biggest pitfalls of a reliable automated performance test is the manual analysis of its results. In this episode, performance testing expert Joey Hendricks will share his approach to automating much of the analysis of your runs. Discover how to embed an automated analysis approach in your testing process to perform complex comparison analysis in an automated fashion reliably. Listen up!

Do you know the history of real user monitoring (RUM) tools? In this episode, Shashwat Sehgal of Splunk breaks down the past, present, and future of RUM in the modern era. Discover what RUM is, three ways it’s underutilized, how it fits into the DevOps SRE landscape, and why it's more important now than ever. Listen up!

Are you thinking of moving from an SDET to SRE? In this episode Evan Niedojadlo, an SRE and former SDET, will share his journey implementing a site reliability engineering process at his company. Discover what went wrong, what you should avoid, key areas to focus on to overcome technical debt, getting executive buy-in, and more. Listen up!

In the last few years, a lot has happened in the field of Chaos Engineering. No worries! In this episode, Benjamin Wilms, founder of SteadyBit, breaks it all down for you. Discover the evolution of chaos engineering, build a culture of resilience, Kubernetes, and much more. Listen up to find out how to bring order to chaos.

Is your application observable? In this episode, Henrik Rexed, a Cloud-Native Advocate at Dynatrace, shares how you and your teams can implement better observability into your systems. Discover how he transitioned from performance testing to SRE, the difference between APM and Observability, Kubernetes, Telemetry, his new YouTube “Is it Observable” channel, and more. Listen up.

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How is Chaos Engineering different and like performance testing? In this episode, Michael Sage, a solutions architect, and chaos engineer at Gremlin, shares real-world examples of applying Chaos engineering to the banking industry. Discover practices like Chaos experiments, the five steps for the Scientific Method for Chaos Engineering, black holes, and Resiliency testing. Listen up!

Need to put together a load test for your software but don’t know where to start? Want to improve your current performance-testing efforts? In this episode, Leandro Melendez (AKA Sr. Performo) will discuss his new book, The Hitchhiking Guide To Load Testing Projects. Discover proven performance principles and practices from this fun, step-by-step walk-through guide. Don’t miss it!