Performance Auditing vs Manual Testing
Developers should learn performance auditing to ensure their applications meet user expectations for speed and reliability, particularly in competitive markets where slow performance can lead to high bounce rates and lost revenue meets developers should learn manual testing to gain a user-centric perspective on software quality, catch edge cases early in development, and perform exploratory testing where automation is impractical. Here's our take.
Performance Auditing
Developers should learn performance auditing to ensure their applications meet user expectations for speed and reliability, particularly in competitive markets where slow performance can lead to high bounce rates and lost revenue
Performance Auditing
Nice PickDevelopers should learn performance auditing to ensure their applications meet user expectations for speed and reliability, particularly in competitive markets where slow performance can lead to high bounce rates and lost revenue
Pros
- +It is essential for optimizing web applications, mobile apps, and backend systems, especially when dealing with large-scale deployments, e-commerce sites, or real-time services where latency directly impacts functionality and user satisfaction
- +Related to: web-vitals, lighthouse
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
Manual Testing
Developers should learn manual testing to gain a user-centric perspective on software quality, catch edge cases early in development, and perform exploratory testing where automation is impractical
Pros
- +It's particularly valuable for usability testing, ad-hoc bug hunting, and validating new features before investing in automation scripts, helping ensure software meets real-world expectations and reducing post-release issues
- +Related to: test-planning, bug-reporting
Cons
- -Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case
The Verdict
Use Performance Auditing if: You want it is essential for optimizing web applications, mobile apps, and backend systems, especially when dealing with large-scale deployments, e-commerce sites, or real-time services where latency directly impacts functionality and user satisfaction and can live with specific tradeoffs depend on your use case.
Use Manual Testing if: You prioritize it's particularly valuable for usability testing, ad-hoc bug hunting, and validating new features before investing in automation scripts, helping ensure software meets real-world expectations and reducing post-release issues over what Performance Auditing offers.
Developers should learn performance auditing to ensure their applications meet user expectations for speed and reliability, particularly in competitive markets where slow performance can lead to high bounce rates and lost revenue
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