Eye On Performance: A Load Of Stress
By Jack Shirazi & Kirk Pepperdine
2004-01-22
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Resources
• Read the complete Eye on performance series by Jack Shirazi and Kirk Pepperdine.
• The Java Performance Tuning site contains thousands of performance tuning hints and tips.
• This review of stress testing tools compares several free and commercial tools.
• Get tips on performance testing SOAP-based applications from Frank Cohen, CEO of PushToTest (developerWorks, November 2001).
• The tutorial "IBM Web performance tools" (developerWorks, December 2002) provides some excellent practical advice.
• Learn how to stress test your software without stressing out your testers (developerWorks, February 2001).
• Web services are at the heart of distributed computing, and interaction between them is often difficult to test. In this article, "Stress testing Web services" (developerWorks, May 2003), Chris Wilkinson shows that stress testing is an efficient method of detecting code defects, but only if the stress systems are designed effectively.
• "Proofing Web applications for performance and scalability" (developerWorks, June 2001) is a case study in developing a scripting framework for load testing.
• Apache JMeter is a free load/regression testing tool.
• The Grinder is a free tool that can orchestrate the activities of a test script across multiple machines using a graphical console application.
• Check out the Software Q/A Test Resource Center for information on Web site testing and site management tools.
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