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Load Testing with Visual Studio 2012

By Benjamin Day
This course will show you how to use the Load Testing tools in Visual Studio 2012 to help diagnose performance problems in your applications and verify your application's performance.
Course info
Rating
(199)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Aug 26, 2013
Duration
4h 3m
Table of contents
Introduction
Introduction 0m Purpose of performance testing 2m Performance testing in a nutshell 1m What can you Load Test with Visual Studio 2012? 4m Developing Load Tests with Visual Studio 2012 3m VS2012 local load vs. a load test rig 3m
Web Performance Test Basics
Introduction 1m What is a Web Performance Test? 1m Demo: Create a Web Performance Test 4m How do Web Performance Tests work? 1m Test Organization 4m Demo: Readability with comments 3m Validation Rules 1m Demo: Add Validation Rules 7m Parameterization & Test Context 3m Overriding Context Variables 1m Extraction Rules 1m Demo: Extraction Rules 5m Summary 1m
Validation & Extraction Rules
Introduction 1m Validation Rules Overview 1m Validation Level 1m Content Validation Rules 6m Performance Validation Rules 5m SharePoint Validation Rules 1m Extraction Rules Overview 4m Custom Validation & Extraction Rules 4m Demo: Custom Validation Rule 18m Demo: Custom Extraction Rule 9m Summary 0m
Web Performance Tests Beyond the Basics
Introduction 0m Data Sources 2m Demo: Add a Data Source 9m WPT Security 4m Demo: Add HTTP Security to a WPT 8m Conditional & Loop Steps 3m Demo: Add a conditional to a WPT 4m Demo: Add a loop to a WPT 8m WPT Plug-ins 1m Demo: Create a Web Performance Test Plug-in 4m Summary 1m
Load Test Basics
Introduction 0m What is a Load Test? 2m Demo: Create a Load Test 9m Pieces of a Load Test 1m Pieces of a Load Test Scenario 1m Test Mix Models 3m Browser Mix & Network Mix 1m User Load Patterns 1m Counter Sets & Test Settings 3m Demo: Enable SQL Server Tracing 3m Summary 0m
Load Test Beyond the Basics
Introduction 0m Unit Tests in a Load Test 4m Demo: Add a Unit Test to a Load Test 4m Load Test Rigs 6m Demo: Run a Load Test on a Rig 6m Custom Performance Counters 8m Demo: Add Custom Performance Counters to the Code 7m Demo: Use Custom Performance Counters in a Load Test 4m Coded UI Tests in a Load Test 4m Summary 1m
Case Study
Introduction 1m The Situation 5m Best Practices vs. Reality 3m Demo: Recreate & Fix Problems with a Load Test 14m Demo: Compare Load Test Results with Excel 2m Explanation of the Problem 3m Performance Wizard & Code Profiling 1m Demo: Code Profiling 8m Summary 0m
Description
Course info
Rating
(199)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Aug 26, 2013
Duration
4h 3m
Description

Is your application slow? Do you want to make sure it isn’t slow? Want to know what happens when a lot of people start using you application? Well, Visual Studio 2012’s Load Testing tools can help you out. Performance testing your application consists of four parts: 1) create the tests for each use case, 2) convert the use case tests into Load Tests, 3) run large-scale Load Tests simulating hundreds of users using a Load Test Rig, and 4) analyzing the results and fixing any problems. In this course, we’ll walk you through how to performance test your web-based or service-based application using the Visual Studio 2012 Load Testing and Performance Testing tools.

About the author
Benjamin Day
About the author

Benjamin Day is a consultant and trainer specializing in software development best practices using Microsoft-based technology. He is a Microsoft Visual Studio ALM MVP, a certified Scrum trainer via Scrum.org, and a speaker at conferences such as TechEd, DevTeach, and VSLive. He can be contacted via http://www.benday.com.

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