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Load Testing Salesforce Apps
CRM functionality is so integral to many business workflows that writing a Salesforce app is often cheaper and faster than starting from scratch. Why reinvent the wheel with 50%+ of the functionality you need is already in Salesforce? But just like a 100% custom app, Salesforce apps must be tested for performance, not just functionality, especially when integrating into an existing customer back-office or 3rd party system. And Salesforce is one of the more difficult platforms to test because of the complicated field naming conventions typical of auto-generated front ends.
The first challenge is just the sheer overall complexity of a … Continue reading »
Cannot record with Chrome 58 (Common Name support dropped from SSL certificates)
When Load Tester record a testcase, it impersonates the website – the browser thinks it is talking to the website but it is actually talking to Load Tester’s recording proxy. For this to work with SSL, Load Tester has to provide a certificate that impersonates the website. These are auto-generated on demand and stored within the project workspace.
Starting in version 58, Chrome has dropped support for the Common Name (CN) field in a certificate. In this case, the Common Name field tells the browser what domain name the certificate applies to. This field has been deprecated and replaced by the … Continue reading »
Testing Popup Windows
We often receive questions about how Load Tester handles popup windows. In this post, I’ll describe how Load Tester handles these elements and provide a sample recording.
How does Load Tester Handle Popups?
Users do not regularly encounter popups. As a result, these windows may appear to function differently from regular browser windows.
However, when recording using a virtual browser, Load Tester records any calls to the server. Replaying a recording or running a test will replay those calls whether issued from a normal browser window or a popup.
NOTE: The following method is only applicable to “Virtual Browser” recordings.
Recording a Popup Window
1. On the … Continue reading »