Web Application Performance and Scalability Testing

By Steve Smith
This course teaches the fundamentals of defining performance goals, measuring performance metrics, and subsequently profiling and tuning web-based applications in order to meet defined goals
Course info
Rating
(153)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Jul 27, 2011
Duration
3h 20m
Table of contents
Measuring Web Application Performance and Scalability
Introduction 1m What is Performance? 1m What is Scalability? 3m Benefits 3m What to Measure? 4m Kinds of Tests 2m Baselines and Benchmarks 1m Web Perf Tools 2m Load Testing Tools 3m Defining Performance Requirements 4m Demo: Measure Baseline of Online Store 10m Common Pitfalls 2m Summary 2m
Introducing Web Performance Tests with VS2010
Introduction 1m Test Project Setup 2m Recording a Web Perf Test 5m Web Request Properties 3m Web Test Options 12m Dynamic Parameters 4m Convert Test to Code 5m Summary 2m
Web Performance Tests with VS2010 - Beyond the Basics
Introduction 0m Data Binding 1m Demo: Data Binding 14m Generate Code from Tests 1m Demo: Generate Code 6m Recording Test Scripts with Fiddler 1m Demo: Record Tests w/Fiddler 5m Summary 2m
Extending VS2010 Web Performance Tests
Introduction 1m Web Test Plugins 1m Demo: Web Test Plugins 13m Validation and Extraction Rules 0m Demo: Custom Validation and Extraction Rules 9m Summary 1m
Introducing Load Tests with VS2010
Introduction 1m Creating a Load Test 7m Demo: Create a Load Test 4m Deciding What to Measure 1m Performance Counters 3m Running a Load Test 4m Demo: Running a Load Test 14m Analyzing the Results 1m Demo: Analyzing the Results 5m Summary 1m
Load Tests with VS2010 Beyond the Basics
Introduction 1m Installing Agents and Controllers 2m Demo: Running a distributed load test 8m Demo: Understanding distributed load test results 11m Load test plugins 2m Demo: Creating load test plugins 3m Tips and best practices 3m Summary 1m
Description
Course info
Rating
(153)
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Jul 27, 2011
Duration
3h 20m
Description

This course teaches the fundamentals of defining performance goals, measuring performance metrics, and subsequently profiling and tuning web-based applications in order to meet defined goals. The examples make use of Visual Studio 2010 and its extensive support for Web Performance Tests and Load Tests as well as profiling and performance monitoring.

About the author
Steve Smith
About the author

Steve Smith (@ardalis) is an entrepreneur and software developer with a passion for building quality software as effectively as possible.

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