Testing

Performance Test
Performance tests are used to test each part of the web server or the web application to discover what parts of the website are slow and how you can make them faster. Think of it as the testing of single web pages/scripts.

Load Test
Load tests are performed by testing the website using the best estimate of the traffic your website must support. Consider this something like a "real world test" of the website.

Stress Test
Stress tests are simulated "brute force" attacks that apply excessive load on your web server. The purpose of stress tests is to estimate the maximum load that your web server can support when serving the pages of your website or web application to the world.

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