In the current era, when you hardly have any stand alone desktop application Performance, Load and stress Testing becomes key to the success of your application. Performance testing comes under non functional testing.

Performance testing is normally used with Load testing and stress testing. Some people even use these terms interchangeably, which is not correct. Common factor among these testing type is the simulated load, but there are subtle difference in performance, load and stress testing. We will explore these in some detail and try to make the difference between these testing clear.