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What is your favorite browser testing tool? In this fast-paced software market, companies need to deliver products not just with quality but also at a rapid speed. If you are not providing the product according to customer requirements, then you might end up losing your reputation in the market. MORE
Trade-offs under pressure: heuristics and observations of teams resolving internet service outages , Allspaw, Masters thesis, Lund University 2015. This is part 2 of our look at Allspaw’s 2015 master thesis (here’s part 1 ). MORE
Reading time 8 min In a constantly changing environment, brands are likely to be iterating on sites and applications to make them bigger, faster, fancier, and more engaging while pushing the new and updated code out as quickly as possible. MORE
Dynatrace news. Validating Service SLAs (custom, 3 rd party or external) are a no brainer for individuals responsible for ensuring system stability and availability. It also happens to be one of the use cases Dynatrace Synthetics perfectly supports for HTTP(S) services. MORE
Optimizing your images is often the very first suggestion that any performance writer or consultant will make when it comes to optimizing a website. We’re no exception. Make no mistake, this is a key step to take and should absolutely be a part of your web design/development routine. MORE
In this article, we will discuss the best practices that should be followed in order to keep the TempDB database in a healthy state and prevent any unexpected growth of the database, in addition to the procedure that can be followed to detect this unexpected growth once occurred. MORE
Dynatrace news. With Dynatrace Synthetic Monitoring, you can easily monitor the availability and performance of your applications as experienced by your customers around the world and around the clock. MORE
Flow time doesn’t stop the clock just because the weekend rolls around. What flow time does do is help quantify the probability of completing x percent of work in so many days – Dominica DeGrandis, author of Making Work Visible and Principal Flow Advisor at Tasktop . MORE
According to the ISTQB glossary, Regression is “degradation in the quality of a component or system due to a change”. And, Regression Testing is “a type of change-related testing to detect whether defects have been introduced or uncovered in unchanged areas of the software.”. MORE
Follower clusters are a ScaleGrid feature that allows you to keep two independent database systems (of the same type) in sync. Unlike cloning or replication, this allows you to maintain an active, point-in-time copy of your production data. This extra cluster, known as a follower cluster, can be leveraged for multiple use cases, including for analyzing, optimizing and testing your application performance for MongoDB , MySQL and PostgreSQL. MORE
Dynatrace news. In part one, we began our discussion about intellectual debt by pointing out how machine learning systems contribute to the widening gap between what works and our understanding of why it works. MORE
A senior performance tester’s review of the new courses by BlazeMeter Last week, I was looking for fresh knowledge on performance testing, so I asked a teammate of. The post A Quick BlazeMeter University Review appeared first on Abstracta Software Testing Services. MORE
Dynatrace news. As the owner of a ride-hailing company, for example, you might have questions like “How many active drivers do we have per region?”, “What’s their average ride distance?”, or “Which are the most popular destinations?” Also, you’d probably like to be alerted of significant anomalies. MORE
Table-valued parameters have been around since SQL Server 2008 and provide a useful mechanism for sending multiple rows of data to SQL Server, brought together as a single parameterized call. MORE
Reverb: speculative debugging for web applications , Netravali & Mickens, SOCC’19. This week we’ll be looking at a selection of papers from the 2019 edition of the ACM Symposium of Cloud Computing ( SoCC ). MORE
Ironies of automation , Bainbridge, Automatica, Vol. 19, No. 6, 1983. With thanks to Thomas Depierre for the paper recommendation. Making predictions is a dangerous game, but as we look forward to the next decade a few things seem certain: increasing automation, increasing system complexity, faster processing, more inter-connectivity, and an even greater human and societal dependence on technology. What could possibly go wrong? MORE
"Waitstats helps us identify performance-related counters. But waits information by itself isn't enough to accurately diagnose performance problems. MORE
“If you measure anything, measure wait time” – Dominica DeGrandis, Making Work Visible. A major part of Flow Metrics is tracking all the work that goes into planning, building and delivering a product for the business. MORE
The projections are in! Check out these testing trends! The software development landscape continues to evolve with DevOps and Agile development methods taking over traditional approaches. The advent of these methods has led to the innovation and use of new testing techniques. MORE
Dynatrace news. You asked. We listened. This year at Perform Las Vegas 2020 , we’re ramping up our Dynatrace University offerings because we know this is one of your favorite parts of attending Perform. MORE
Me looking for the perfect match for automation testing. The manual testing process has been replaced by automated testing during recent years. Selenium automation testing increases the effectiveness and efficiency of the testers and allows them to leverage various benefits at the same time. MORE
Dynatrace news. Anyone moving to the cloud knows that it isn’t just a change from running servers in your data center to running them in someone else’s data center. MORE
With every software enhancement, the final product that is being delivered to the customer includes the new feature as well as the existing ones. The focus of Agile teams is to maintain consistency in delivering a satisfactory final product to the customer within the timeline. MORE
Learn how to troubleshoot your application. Recently we were troubleshooting a popular SaaS application. This application was slowing down intermittently. To recover from the problem, the application had to be restarted. MORE
Programmatically interpretable reinforcement learning , Verma et al., ICML 2018. Being able to trust (interpret, verify) a controller learned through reinforcement learning (RL) is one of the key challenges for real-world deployments of RL that we looked at earlier this week. MORE
Troubleshoot your Java application, the Sherlock Holmes way. Java application failure troubleshooting can be closely associated with the typical crime scene investigation. MORE
Everything you need to know about performance engineering. Being a software developer means much more than simply writing bug-free code. As highly distributed apps become more complex, developers need to ensure their systems are as user-friendly, secure, and scalable as possible. MORE
Dynatrace news. In part one, we introduced the concept of intellectual debt, defining it as the gap between what works and our knowledge of why it works. As is often the case with technical debt, some amount of intellectual debt is acceptable, even necessary. MORE
Dynatrace news. Having released this functionality in an Preview Release back in September 2019, we’re now happy to announce the General Availability of our Citrix monitoring extension. This extends Dynatrace visibility into Citrix user experience and Citrix platform performance. MORE
Synthesizing data structure transformations from input-output examples , Feser et al., PLDI’15. MORE
One of the key tools that performance engineers have at their disposal is the Performance Budget: it helps us—or, more importantly, our clients—ensure that any performance-focused work is monitored and maintained after we’ve gone. MORE
Trade-offs under pressure: heuristics and observations of teams resolving internet service outages , Allspaw, Masters thesis, Lund University, 2015. MORE
How fast can it run? Nobody enjoys a long line at the supermarket or a long wait at the restaurant. Your visitors are the same. They do not appreciate slow performing websites. The worst part is, they express their displeasure through fewer sales and visits. MORE
“ Too much WIP is the enemy of productivity,” – Dominica DeGrandis, author of Making Work Visible , and Principal Flow Advisor at Tasktop. MORE
Avoid these pitfalls of scaling VoIP to cluster. VoIP technologies have a reputation for being rather complex and not without good reason. This is not to say, however, that any mid-level developer will have much difficulty finding and handling one of many available open-source servers. MORE
STELLA: report from the SNAFU-catchers workshop on coping with complexity , Woods 2017, Coping with Complexity workshop. “Coping with complexity” is about as good a three-word summary of the systems and software challenges facing us over the next decade as I can imagine. Today’s choice is a report from a 2017 workshop convened with that title, and recommended to me by John Allspaw – thank you John! Workshop context. MORE
Follower clusters are a ScaleGrid feature that allows you to keep two independent database systems (of the same type) in sync. Unlike cloning or replication, this allows you to maintain an active, point-in-time copy of your production data. This extra cluster, known as a follower cluster, can be leveraged for multiple use cases, including for analyzing, optimizing and testing your application performance for MongoDB , MySQL and PostgreSQL. MORE
DZone
JANUARY 27, 2020
Me looking for the perfect match for automation testing. The manual testing process has been replaced by automated testing during recent years. Selenium automation testing increases the effectiveness and efficiency of the testers and allows them to leverage various benefits at the same time.
Dynatrace
JANUARY 24, 2020
Dynatrace news. With Dynatrace Synthetic Monitoring, you can easily monitor the availability and performance of your applications as experienced by your customers around the world and around the clock.
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CSS Wizardry
JANUARY 8, 2020
One of the key tools that performance engineers have at their disposal is the Performance Budget: it helps us—or, more importantly, our clients—ensure that any performance-focused work is monitored and maintained after we’ve gone.
Dynatrace
JANUARY 15, 2020
Dynatrace news. Having released this functionality in an Preview Release back in September 2019, we’re now happy to announce the General Availability of our Citrix monitoring extension. This extends Dynatrace visibility into Citrix user experience and Citrix platform performance.
DZone
JANUARY 7, 2020
The projections are in! Check out these testing trends! The software development landscape continues to evolve with DevOps and Agile development methods taking over traditional approaches. The advent of these methods has led to the innovation and use of new testing techniques.
Scalegrid
JANUARY 20, 2020
Follower clusters are a ScaleGrid feature that allows you to keep two independent database systems (of the same type) in sync. Unlike cloning or replication, this allows you to maintain an active, point-in-time copy of your production data. This extra cluster, known as a follower cluster, can be leveraged for multiple use cases, including for analyzing, optimizing and testing your application performance for MongoDB , MySQL and PostgreSQL.
High Scalability
JANUARY 22, 2020
Follower clusters are a ScaleGrid feature that allows you to keep two independent database systems (of the same type) in sync. Unlike cloning or replication, this allows you to maintain an active, point-in-time copy of your production data. This extra cluster, known as a follower cluster, can be leveraged for multiple use cases, including for analyzing, optimizing and testing your application performance for MongoDB , MySQL and PostgreSQL.
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Dynatrace
JANUARY 8, 2020
Dynatrace news. Anyone moving to the cloud knows that it isn’t just a change from running servers in your data center to running them in someone else’s data center.
DZone
JANUARY 15, 2020
Avoid these pitfalls of scaling VoIP to cluster. VoIP technologies have a reputation for being rather complex and not without good reason. This is not to say, however, that any mid-level developer will have much difficulty finding and handling one of many available open-source servers.
Rigor
JANUARY 8, 2020
Reading time 8 min In a constantly changing environment, brands are likely to be iterating on sites and applications to make them bigger, faster, fancier, and more engaging while pushing the new and updated code out as quickly as possible.
SQL Performance
JANUARY 23, 2020
"Waitstats helps us identify performance-related counters. But waits information by itself isn't enough to accurately diagnose performance problems.
The Morning Paper
JANUARY 14, 2020
Programmatically interpretable reinforcement learning , Verma et al., ICML 2018. Being able to trust (interpret, verify) a controller learned through reinforcement learning (RL) is one of the key challenges for real-world deployments of RL that we looked at earlier this week.
Dynatrace
JANUARY 16, 2020
Dynatrace news. In part one, we began our discussion about intellectual debt by pointing out how machine learning systems contribute to the widening gap between what works and our understanding of why it works.
DZone
JANUARY 24, 2020
Everything you need to know about performance engineering. Being a software developer means much more than simply writing bug-free code. As highly distributed apps become more complex, developers need to ensure their systems are as user-friendly, secure, and scalable as possible.
MachMetrics
JANUARY 16, 2020
Optimizing your images is often the very first suggestion that any performance writer or consultant will make when it comes to optimizing a website. We’re no exception. Make no mistake, this is a key step to take and should absolutely be a part of your web design/development routine.
Abstracta
JANUARY 6, 2020
A senior performance tester’s review of the new courses by BlazeMeter Last week, I was looking for fresh knowledge on performance testing, so I asked a teammate of. The post A Quick BlazeMeter University Review appeared first on Abstracta Software Testing Services.
The Morning Paper
JANUARY 26, 2020
Reverb: speculative debugging for web applications , Netravali & Mickens, SOCC’19. This week we’ll be looking at a selection of papers from the 2019 edition of the ACM Symposium of Cloud Computing ( SoCC ).
Dynatrace
JANUARY 6, 2020
Dynatrace news. In part one, we introduced the concept of intellectual debt, defining it as the gap between what works and our knowledge of why it works. As is often the case with technical debt, some amount of intellectual debt is acceptable, even necessary.
DZone
JANUARY 24, 2020
Troubleshoot your Java application, the Sherlock Holmes way. Java application failure troubleshooting can be closely associated with the typical crime scene investigation.
SQL Performance
JANUARY 22, 2020
Table-valued parameters have been around since SQL Server 2008 and provide a useful mechanism for sending multiple rows of data to SQL Server, brought together as a single parameterized call.
Tasktop
JANUARY 27, 2020
“ Too much WIP is the enemy of productivity,” – Dominica DeGrandis, author of Making Work Visible , and Principal Flow Advisor at Tasktop.
The Morning Paper
JANUARY 7, 2020
Ironies of automation , Bainbridge, Automatica, Vol. 19, No. 6, 1983. With thanks to Thomas Depierre for the paper recommendation. Making predictions is a dangerous game, but as we look forward to the next decade a few things seem certain: increasing automation, increasing system complexity, faster processing, more inter-connectivity, and an even greater human and societal dependence on technology. What could possibly go wrong?
DZone
JANUARY 24, 2020
Learn how to troubleshoot your application. Recently we were troubleshooting a popular SaaS application. This application was slowing down intermittently. To recover from the problem, the application had to be restarted.
Testsigma
JANUARY 6, 2020
With every software enhancement, the final product that is being delivered to the customer includes the new feature as well as the existing ones. The focus of Agile teams is to maintain consistency in delivering a satisfactory final product to the customer within the timeline.
Tasktop
JANUARY 13, 2020
“If you measure anything, measure wait time” – Dominica DeGrandis, Making Work Visible. A major part of Flow Metrics is tracking all the work that goes into planning, building and delivering a product for the business.
The Morning Paper
JANUARY 16, 2020
Synthesizing data structure transformations from input-output examples , Feser et al., PLDI’15.
Dynatrace
JANUARY 8, 2020
Dynatrace news. You asked. We listened. This year at Perform Las Vegas 2020 , we’re ramping up our Dynatrace University offerings because we know this is one of your favorite parts of attending Perform.
Testsigma
JANUARY 20, 2020
According to the ISTQB glossary, Regression is “degradation in the quality of a component or system due to a change”. And, Regression Testing is “a type of change-related testing to detect whether defects have been introduced or uncovered in unchanged areas of the software.”.
Tasktop
JANUARY 20, 2020
Flow time doesn’t stop the clock just because the weekend rolls around. What flow time does do is help quantify the probability of completing x percent of work in so many days – Dominica DeGrandis, author of Making Work Visible and Principal Flow Advisor at Tasktop .
The Morning Paper
JANUARY 23, 2020
Trade-offs under pressure: heuristics and observations of teams resolving internet service outages , Allspaw, Masters thesis, Lund University 2015. This is part 2 of our look at Allspaw’s 2015 master thesis (here’s part 1 ).
Dynatrace
JANUARY 6, 2020
Dynatrace news. Validating Service SLAs (custom, 3 rd party or external) are a no brainer for individuals responsible for ensuring system stability and availability. It also happens to be one of the use cases Dynatrace Synthetics perfectly supports for HTTP(S) services.
DZone
JANUARY 23, 2020
What is your favorite browser testing tool? In this fast-paced software market, companies need to deliver products not just with quality but also at a rapid speed. If you are not providing the product according to customer requirements, then you might end up losing your reputation in the market.
TechBeacon Testing
JANUARY 10, 2020
Ever wonder how some people achieve so much in their lives while others accomplish only a fraction, even though we're all given the same amount of time in which to work? App Dev & Testing, Testing, Careers
SQL Shack
JANUARY 13, 2020
In this article, we will discuss the best practices that should be followed in order to keep the TempDB database in a healthy state and prevent any unexpected growth of the database, in addition to the procedure that can be followed to detect this unexpected growth once occurred.
The Morning Paper
JANUARY 19, 2020
STELLA: report from the SNAFU-catchers workshop on coping with complexity , Woods 2017, Coping with Complexity workshop. “Coping with complexity” is about as good a three-word summary of the systems and software challenges facing us over the next decade as I can imagine. Today’s choice is a report from a 2017 workshop convened with that title, and recommended to me by John Allspaw – thank you John! Workshop context.
Dynatrace
JANUARY 17, 2020
Dynatrace news. As the owner of a ride-hailing company, for example, you might have questions like “How many active drivers do we have per region?”, “What’s their average ride distance?”, or “Which are the most popular destinations?” Also, you’d probably like to be alerted of significant anomalies.
DZone
JANUARY 6, 2020
How fast can it run? Nobody enjoys a long line at the supermarket or a long wait at the restaurant. Your visitors are the same. They do not appreciate slow performing websites. The worst part is, they express their displeasure through fewer sales and visits.
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