AppPerfect Load Test

Generally, most stability issues with a database or server-based application arise when the server is either overloaded or poorly configured.

If you want to make sure that your web application's performance is sufficiently capable of meeting the user demands, you can try your luck with real-world testing periods, or you can make use of advanced and comprehensive stress testing utilities, like, for example, AppPerfect Load Test.

As you may have guessed by now, AppPerfect Load Test is a reliable yet quite novice-accessible piece of software that allows you to perform a wide array of load tests on your web app.

Simply put, with the help of this utility, you can simulate user activity and identify potential problems like poor optimization, memory build-ups, incorrect concurrences and pooling mechanics, faulty server configuration issues or actual hardware limits.

The application undergoes a typical and surprisingly streamlined installation process. It sports a non-impressive yet highly-functional user interface with a run-of-the-mill layout. The main UI elements are a default menu bar, a top toolbar and a tabbed, project structure section on the left side of the main window.

To start off with, you need to add a new project and define its load, test, server monitoring, cross-browser testing, advanced and database settings. While we are on the subject, you should know that this app allows you to thoroughly test your web app's limits by emulating activity from some of the most popular web browser, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and Safari.

To continue with, the app is more than capable of performing server monitoring with an emphasis on system resources such as CP and available disk network and memory. Parameterized load tests that emulate real world usage scenarios, distributed load testing, support for database load testing, support for Web Security and scripting are also part of AppPerfect Load Test's impressive repertoire.

If you are looking for a comprehensive software solution for testing the performance of your database and server-based web apps, then AppPerfect Load Test surely deserves to be included in your list of possible options, right at the top, we might add.