So, you want to learn about performance testing and progress towards performance engineering or DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering. I get it. Jumping directly into performance testing might be overwhelming. I was directed to learn the tool, then the performance concepts. It is like, learning to swim by directly jumping into the pool. Either someone needs to save you from drowning if things go south, or if you are smart enough, you can manage. I was able to manage myself to learn the performance concepts parallel while learning the performance testing tool around a decade ago.
I do not want you to go down that route. In this blog post, I am going to list ten things you should learn before learning about performance testing and its tools. There is no end to learning stuff. But I have highlighted the essential and fundamental concepts you may need to go through for your performance testing trip.