Integrated approach to web performance testing: a practitioner’s guide

B. M. Subraya9781591407850, 1-59140-785-0, 1591407869, 1591407877

The performance testing of Web applications is not understood properly and no skill sets are available to address the challenges faced by practitioners. In addition, there is currently a lack of available research on the performance aspects of the application.Integrated Approach to Web Performance Testing: A Practitioner’s Guide fills this void and provides an integrated approach and guidelines to performance testing of Web-based systems. Based upon a mix of theoretical and practical concepts, this book provides a detailed understanding of the various aspects of performance testing in relation to the different phases of the software development life cycle. Using a rich mixture of examples, checklists, and templates, this book illustrates the different facets of application performance. Integrated Approach to Web Performance Testing: A Practitioner’s Guide applies a practical approach to making appropriate choices of tools, methodologies and project management for performance testing.

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Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Web-Based Systems and Performance Testing……Page 18
Web Systems and Poor Performance……Page 19
Classification of Web Sties……Page 21
The Need for Performance Testing……Page 22
General Perception about Performance Testing……Page 29
Performance Testing: “LESS” Approach……Page 31
Difference between the Components of LESS……Page 35
Performance Testing Life Cycle……Page 39
Performance Testing vs. Functional Testing……Page 40
Summary……Page 43
References……Page 44
Additional Sources……Page 45
Project Peculiarities……Page 46
Technical Peculiarities……Page 48
Web Site Contents……Page 49
Client Environment……Page 51
Infrastructure and Network Environment……Page 102
Explicitly Specified Requirements for Performance……Page 105
Developing Performance Test Strategy Document……Page 109
References……Page 117
Additional Sources……Page 118
Importance of Test Design Phase……Page 119
Benchmark Requirements……Page 121
Developing a Workload……Page 128
Sequencing Transactions……Page 136
Selection of Tools……Page 139
Additional Sources……Page 140
Developing the Performance Test Plan……Page 141
Proper Testing Environment……Page 143
Challenges in Creating a Simulated Environment……Page 153
Developing Test Scripts……Page 155
Defining the Testing Process……Page 158
Analysis of Risk Factors……Page 160
Additional Sources……Page 163
Entry Criteria……Page 165
Exit Criteria……Page 169
Elaboration Testing……Page 173
Self Satisfaction Test (SST)……Page 174
Multiple Test Runs……Page 175
Challenges in Test Execution……Page 177
Guidelines for Test Execution……Page 180
Summary……Page 181
References……Page 182
Additional Sources……Page 183
Post Test Execution Phase……Page 184
Analysis Process……Page 185
Analyze Test Logs……Page 186
Verifying Pass or Fail Criteria……Page 189
Test Reports……Page 190
Areas of Improvement……Page 202
Tuning Process……Page 204
Guidelines for Performance Tuning……Page 212
Summary……Page 215
References……Page 216
Additional Sources……Page 217
Performance Test Automation……Page 218
Performance Test Automation Process……Page 219
Preparation Phase……Page 220
Planning Phase……Page 233
Execution Phase……Page 241
Postexecution Phase……Page 243
Summary……Page 248
Additional Sources……Page 249
Introduction to Performance Monitoring and Tuning: Java and .NET……Page 251
Areas of Bottlenecks in Web-Based Applications……Page 252
Performance Counters in the Operating System……Page 253
Performance Monitoring and Tuning in UNIX……Page 254
Performance Monitoring and Tuning in Windows 2000……Page 258
Architectural Similarities between Java and .NET……Page 259
General Guidelines for Performance Monitoring……Page 262
Performance Monitoring and Tuning: Java……Page 264
Performance Monitoring and Tuning: .NET……Page 270
.NET Framework Tuning……Page 276
Coding Guidelines……Page 283
References……Page 284
Additional Sources……Page 285
Appendix A: Performance Tuning Guidelines……Page 287
B: Testing Tools……Page 319
C: Templates……Page 324
D: Case Study……Page 328
Glossary……Page 364
About the Author……Page 377
Index……Page 378