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This demo clip shows step by step how to design a test with different types of virtual users, perform load testing of a web application, and interpret the test results.

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  • Ivan Lisitsyn: Hello Anshul, For 100,000 users you will definitely ne
  • Anshul: Hello Ivan, If we have to test a website of 100,000
  • Ivan Lisitsyn: 1. This depends on your web site. Usually you start fro
  • Jap: Hi Ivan, Thanks for the great article. Can you furth
  • Ivan Lisitsyn: WAPT simulates complete user sessions. A session is fir

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