Stress Testing HTTP with Twisted Python and Treq
blog.mailgun.net
on 04/29/2013
Excerpt: Being in the API business has its challenges and maintaining the robustness of the system during peak hours is one of them. That’s why we do lots of stress testing here at Mailgun. We have tried many different approaches over time, from simple Apache bench to more complicated custom testing suites. But this post is about a “quick and dirty” yet very flexible stress testing using Python. When it comes to writing HTTP clients in Python we are fans of the Requests library. This is what we recommend to our API users. Requests is great, but it has one weakness: it’s a blocking one-call-per-thread affair: it’s hard or impossible to generate tens of thousands of requests quickly with it.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, HTTP, Load Testing, Technology, Testing
Application Load Testing Tools for API Endpoints with loader.io
loader.io
on 03/03/2013
Excerpt:... read the full post.
Tags: Load Testing, SendGri, Tools
SendGrid Launches Free Application Load Testing Service
www.marketwire.com
on 03/02/2013
Excerpt: BOULDER, CO--(Marketwire - Feb 28, 2013) - SendGrid, the leader in email deliverability, today announced the launch of Loader. io, a new cloud-based service that gives developers the ability to quickly and easily stress test their web apps and APIs with thousands of concurrent connections. SendGrid is making Loader. io available for free as part of an effort to eliminate the cost and time roadblocks that prevent developers from building load testing into their daily coding and deployment routine. Loader. io gives developers an alternative to the current cloud-based load testing services, most of which are cost-prohibitive for young cash strapped web applications to use with their frequent app development cycles.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Load Testing, SendGrid, Services, Testing, Tools
Introducing SendGrid Labs and its free application load testing service, Loader.io
blog.sendgrid.com
on 02/28/2013
Excerpt: SendGrid Labs is a new and growing internal effort at SendGrid. Born in late 2012, SendGrid Labs builds tools and services to help developers focus on their core business. It aims to provide creative and innovative solutions to common developer pain points to make their lives easier, and to help them scale. SendGrid is the ideal platform for an initiative like Labs, because it already solves a major developer pain point—email deliverability, infrastructure, and scalability. Like every other tech company, SendGrid has experienced growing pains, and has had to utilize tools like those being generated at SendGrid Labs to help us scale.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Email, Load Testing
Excerpt:... read the full post.
Tags: Load Testing, SendGri, Tools
SendGrid Launches Free Application Load Testing Service
www.marketwire.com
on 03/02/2013
Excerpt: BOULDER, CO--(Marketwire - Feb 28, 2013) - SendGrid, the leader in email deliverability, today announced the launch of Loader. io, a new cloud-based service that gives developers the ability to quickly and easily stress test their web apps and APIs with thousands of concurrent connections. SendGrid is making Loader. io available for free as part of an effort to eliminate the cost and time roadblocks that prevent developers from building load testing into their daily coding and deployment routine. Loader. io gives developers an alternative to the current cloud-based load testing services, most of which are cost-prohibitive for young cash strapped web applications to use with their frequent app development cycles.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Load Testing, SendGrid, Services, Testing, Tools
Introducing SendGrid Labs and its free application load testing service, Loader.io
blog.sendgrid.com
on 02/28/2013
Excerpt: SendGrid Labs is a new and growing internal effort at SendGrid. Born in late 2012, SendGrid Labs builds tools and services to help developers focus on their core business. It aims to provide creative and innovative solutions to common developer pain points to make their lives easier, and to help them scale. SendGrid is the ideal platform for an initiative like Labs, because it already solves a major developer pain point—email deliverability, infrastructure, and scalability. Like every other tech company, SendGrid has experienced growing pains, and has had to utilize tools like those being generated at SendGrid Labs to help us scale.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Email, Load Testing
Excerpt: SendGrid Labs is a new and growing internal effort at SendGrid. Born in late 2012, SendGrid Labs builds tools and services to help developers focus on their core business. It aims to provide creative and innovative solutions to common developer pain points to make their lives easier, and to help them scale. SendGrid is the ideal platform for an initiative like Labs, because it already solves a major developer pain point—email deliverability, infrastructure, and scalability. Like every other tech company, SendGrid has experienced growing pains, and has had to utilize tools like those being generated at SendGrid Labs to help us scale.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Email, Load Testing
