A histogram is a statistical graph used to show the number of times data, inside a collection, falls within a particular range. In performance testing, you can use a frequency distribution histogram to illustrate the frequency and dispersion of transaction times. In this example we will report on a transaction, which is a cause for… Continue reading Extracting Histogram Data from HP LoadRunner 12.01
Category: Performance Testing
Winning the Performance Race
From experience running benchmarks, I can tell you that in order to win them, you must have the full run of the servers, settings and the code. However, this is not the typical case in any large enterprise solution operating in the ‘real’ world. How can you achieve inclusive buy in on performance from your… Continue reading Winning the Performance Race
Understanding Performance of PayPal as a Service (PPAAS)
By Steve Sturtevant, Sales Engineer at AppDynamics In a previous post – Agile Performance Testing – Proactively Managing Performance – I discussed some of the challenges faced in managing a successful performance engineering practices in an Agile development model. Let’s continue this with a real world example, highlighting how AppDynamics simplifies the collection and comparison… Continue reading Understanding Performance of PayPal as a Service (PPAAS)
Agile Performance Testing – Proactively Managing Performance
Just in case you haven’t heard, Waterfall is out and Agile is in. For organizations that thrive on innovation, successful agile development and continuous deployment processes are paramount to reducing go to market time, fast tracking product enhancements and quickly resolving defects. Executed successfully, with the right team in place, Agile practices should result in… Continue reading Agile Performance Testing – Proactively Managing Performance
CloudTest – Anything is po-ssh-ible with Java
The need for a POC I came across a situation where I needed to time an SSH call to a UNIX server and wanted to see if CloudTest was a viable option to perform this testing. SOASTA CloudTest gives you the capability to run Java code within a Clip. There is a short tutorial on… Continue reading CloudTest – Anything is po-ssh-ible with Java
Application Performance Management with AppDynamics
Orasi has partnered with AppDynamics, a Leader in Gartner’s 2013 Magic Quadrant for Application Performance Monitoring. AppDynamics delivers simplicity, visibility, and deep diagnostics that ops and dev teams require. The new world of distributed web applications has created a whole new set of challenges for those tasked with ensuring application health and performance. Modern application… Continue reading Application Performance Management with AppDynamics
Choosing a Testing/Requirements Tool – from a tester/user perspective
Practice what you preach. As a tester it is easy to review someone else’s requirements and find issues but what if you’re forced to create your own requirements? I was asked to put in requirements for a test data management tool and then a lot of things started to go through my mind. What functions… Continue reading Choosing a Testing/Requirements Tool – from a tester/user perspective
Reinventing Web Services Testing Automation
Join us for a complimentary webinar, Web Services Test Automation & API2Go, on August 13th! Over the past decade, it has become virtually impossible for companies to develop software without dozens―if not hundreds or even thousands―of web services being integral to application functionality. As many organizations have discovered, with so many web services the only… Continue reading Reinventing Web Services Testing Automation
.Net Development and Unit Testing Tutorial
Summary The goal of this tutorial is to learn to create C# programs, learn to compile, execute, and debug them, learn unit testing, and learn some general error handling. Overview The .Net Framework is installed on every Windows machine so you can create and compile a program without installing any other components. Visual Studio is the integrated… Continue reading .Net Development and Unit Testing Tutorial
Debugging Windows Crashes with Microsoft Debugging Tools – Tutorial
Summary The goals of this Tutorial are to understand what a crash is, learn how to explicitly create a crash in code, use tools to analyze a crash, and learn how to gather information to file a defect. This will cover basic debugging, not advanced. Overview The dictionary definition of “crash” does not really… Continue reading Debugging Windows Crashes with Microsoft Debugging Tools – Tutorial