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Web Performance is not only about understanding what makes a site fast. Performance is a feature and needs to be prioritized as such. Performance is a topic that has interested me for a long time. Moving over to web, the performance problems are different. If you have ever used YSlow, those are the rules the tool was using to flag performance issues. Steve Souders’ 14 Rules ( source ) These days we have more and better tools to audit our performance. MORE
In this article, we will explore, how we can increase SQL Server performance with the help of the wait statistics. Wait statistics are one of the most important indicators to identify performance issues in SQL Server. Monitoring Performance Performance counters Wait types MORE
Web Performance is important for user experience and business metrics. This post explains several ways of assessing the potential performance gains with little effort and, more importantly, without actually implementing fixes. When a user performs those actions, the user has converted. MORE
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) in its simplest terms is what practitioners use to ensure consistent availability, performance, and response times to applications. APM can also be referred to as: Application performance management. Performance monitoring. MORE
Today, every business wants high-performing and high-quality software. But usually, it is seen that most of the applications fail to deliver expected performance under peak load or fluctuating network conditions. To ensure that users get high-performing software that works seamlessly under all load conditions, performance testing is necessary. What Is Performance Testing? MORE
As I started to work for MongoDB, I started to get questions about MongoDB performance. We do have a lot of great resources that can help with MongoDB performance. First of all, it is MongoDB and Atlas documentation: Performance , Monitoring , and Query Optimization. MORE
What Is Mobile App Performance Testing? performance software testing app development mobile app qa and testing app performance performance and testingThe market is filling up with mobile applications more and more. According to Statista , in 2016, the number of app downloads was approximately 140 billion. In 2019, this number increased up to 204 billion, and in 2021, this rate is keeping growing. MORE
The purpose of this article is to assist performance engineers and IT organizations to estimate their current situation and successfully build and maintain their Performance Center of Excellence. Performance Architects. Performance CoE Managers. Performance Engineers. MORE
MongoDB has the most advanced continuous performance testing I know about. MongoDB shared a lot of information on how we do performance testing and even open sourced some parts of it. Continuous performance testing is built on the top of Evergreen. MORE
This guide looks at measuring React component render performance with the React Profiler API, measuring interactions with React's new experimental scheduler and measuring custom metrics using the User Timing API MORE
Here’s a fantastic case study where Ivan Akulov looks at the rather popular writing app Notion and how the team might improve the performance in a variety of ways; through code splitting, removing unused vendor code, module concatenation, and deferring JavaScript execution. MORE
In this post, we are going to compare the performance and pricing of DigitalOcean PostgreSQL vs. ScaleGrid PostgreSQL to help you determine the best PostgreSQL hosting service on DigitalOcean. PostgreSQL DigitalOcean Performance Test. MORE
While Microsoft offers their own Azure Database product, there are other alternatives available that may be able to help you improve your MySQL performance. MySQL Azure Performance Benchmark. MySQL Read-Intensive Performance. MySQL Balanced Workload Performance. MORE
Performance is an integral part of the Application design and plays a vital role in the success of your product/application. This is Part-2 of the performance optimization articles series. Performance optimization considerations for an enterprise-level application are discussed as part of Part-1. Before delving into performance optimization techniques, let us discuss the factors that impact the performance of an application. MORE
In this article, we will explore how the ORDER BY statement affects the query performance and we will also learn some performance tips related to sorting operations in SQL Server. Execution plans Performance MORE
Just had a couple of good performance links burning a hole in my pocket, so blogging them like a good little blogger. Web Performance Recipes With Puppeteer. not based on real-users) performance tests, like some of these new Web Core Vitals. Article performance MORE
Back in 2016, I gave a talk outlining the causes and effects of the terrible performance of web apps built using popular tools on the fastest-growing device segment: low-end to mid-range Android phones. Poor performance has a compound effect on user expectations at an ecosystem level. MORE
Let me address that by combining my two favourite topics: CSS and performance. Broadly speaking, this is why CSS is so key to performance: A browser can’t render a page until it has built the Render Tree; the Render Tree is the combined result of the DOM and the CSSOM; the DOM is HTML plus any blocking JavaScript that needs to act upon it; the CSSOM is all CSS rules applied against the DOM; it’s easy to make JavaScript non-blocking with async and defer. MORE
Some refer to it as Application Performance Monitoring and some as Application Performance Management. As the founder of a company that creates these types of tools, I definitely have some opinions on Application Performance Monitoring vs Application Performance Management. MORE
Does every performance engineer need to know about how memory in Java works? To completely fine-tune the java performance bottlenecks for high performance my answer is YES. MORE
Learn how to test your app's performance! When developing complex, high-availability software projects, performance is of key importance. performance performance testing jmeter performance monitoring performance analysis blazemeter performance dashboards MORE
Today I want to talk about my experience working on solve performance issues in the systems. In several years working as a software developer I have faced performance issues several times, and I want to share some tips about this topic. MORE
MySQL DigitalOcean Performance Benchmark. We are going to use a common, popular plan size using the below configurations for this performance benchmark: Comparison Overview. Reduce #MySQL latency by 30% on DigitalOcean, with 40% higher throughput performance Click To Tweet. MORE
As we ramped up our feature toggle, we were met with words no engineer wants to hear: “Your service isn’t performing fast enough. Web PerformanceExcitement buzzed in the virtual air -- after multiple years of work, we were finally going live! MORE
During Dynatrace Perform , we have the honor of hosting a customer awards ceremony to highlight the most inspiring success stories from our most innovative, transformative customers. This week during the Perform 2021 Award Ceremony, the following winners were announced: Award. MORE
In my recent Performance Clinic with Stefano Doni , CTO & Co-Founder of Akamas , I made the statement, “Application development and release cycles today are measured in days, instead of months. Autonomous Performance Optimization with Akamas & Dynatrace. Dynatrace news. MORE
performance latency performance engineering native app web analysis continuous deliver real user measurement client side performance device lab user performanceIntroduction. MORE
Find out more about client-side performance! Client-Side Performance Testing Importance and Introduction. If you're worried about the performance of your web application, you need to test and analyze not only with what happens on the server but also with what happens in the browser. MORE
QA performance metrics are essential for eliminating inefficient strategies and improving internal processes. Your QA performance metrics process should identify if goals are being met as and analyze resources to make sure they are producing to their maximum capacity. Performance measures and analysis should extend beyond the executive decision-makers with input from the entire team - that way, all QA engineers are motivated and can maximize their productivity. MORE
performance mobile apps performance testing mobile testing performance engineering mobile performance testing a mobile application software qa client side performance MORE
One software vendor ask me, along with a few other performance professionals, to answer questions related to performance trends. But they changed their mind and never published it – leaving me to contemplate which particular thought they didn’t like… Well, here are their questions and my answers: What do you think is the “next big thing in performance” – or what should we all keep an eye out for in 2018? MORE
It’s worth noting that, by and large, the same page will perform better in iOS Safari than it would on Android Chrome— iPhones are generally far more powerful than their Android counterparts. MORE
SQL Server Performance Tuning can be a difficult assignment, especially when working with a massive database where even the minor change can raise a significant impact on the existing query performance. Performance MORE
There is no doubt that CSS plays a huge role in web performance. The post How to Improve CSS Performance appeared first on CSS-Tricks. Link performance MORE
Performance. performance web dev mobile apps black friday ecommerce app development mobile app performanceWhat’s one of the biggest predictors of a mobile app's success? 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. Example Performance Budgets. MORE
In this blog, I will be going through a step-by-step guide on how to automate SRE-driven performance engineering. Step-by-step guide: SRE-driven performance analysis with Dynatrace. If you want to learn more about this watch my Performance Clinic on Calculated Service Metrics and APIv2. MORE
Some time ago Federico Toledo published Performance Testing with Open Source Tools- Busting The Myths. Instead of diving in arguing about specific points (which I partly did in my earlier post – start from The Future of Performance Testing if you are interested), I decided to talk to people who monetize on these “myths” So here is a virtual interview with Guillaume Betaillouloux , co-founder and Performance Director of OctoPerf. MORE
I also care about making fast websites, but mine aren't winning any speed awards because I'll take practical and maintainable over peak performance any day. Direct Link to Article — Permalink The post Maintaining Performance appeared first on CSS-Tricks. MORE
For a project member, when we heard about API performance tests. Do we always have some questions like what should our standard for API performance? How we can define an automation process for API performance tests? performance jmeter mule 4 api testing performance testing and tuning test framework google apps script jmeter csv fileWhat are the tools we can use? MORE
Performance is an integral part of the Application design and plays a vital role in the success of your product/application. I would like to write a series of performance optimization techniques that help to design the best performant enterprise applications. MORE
While there are still quite a lot of cases where it is still applicable, it needs to evolve into more sophisticated processes tightly integrated with development and other parts of performance engineering. First of all, integrating into agile development (shift-left / continuous performance testing) and integrating into performance information loop with production (shift-right) to form a holistic performance view. MORE
In this article, we’ll show a process for SQL Server performance tuning, and several tools, tips and techniques you can use to monitor performance and take the necessary steps to improve it. Performance MORE
Application performance Review (also known as Application Performance Walkthrough or Application Performance Assessment) is the process of review of an existing application (in production) to evaluate its performance and scalability attributes. The performance characteristics of the application are determined by its architecture and design. Performance reviews let all stakeholders realize where they stand and take appropriate decisions. Overview. MORE
Performance Related Topics Alex Podelko
APRIL 18, 2021
MongoDB has the most advanced continuous performance testing I know about. MongoDB shared a lot of information on how we do performance testing and even open sourced some parts of it. Continuous performance testing is built on the top of Evergreen.
Alex Podelko
FEBRUARY 28, 2021
As I started to work for MongoDB, I started to get questions about MongoDB performance. We do have a lot of great resources that can help with MongoDB performance. First of all, it is MongoDB and Atlas documentation: Performance , Monitoring , and Query Optimization.
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DZone
APRIL 7, 2021
performance latency performance engineering native app web analysis continuous deliver real user measurement client side performance device lab user performanceIntroduction.
DZone
OCTOBER 28, 2020
Performance is an integral part of the Application design and plays a vital role in the success of your product/application. This is Part-2 of the performance optimization articles series. Performance optimization considerations for an enterprise-level application are discussed as part of Part-1. Before delving into performance optimization techniques, let us discuss the factors that impact the performance of an application.
Alex Podelko
AUGUST 18, 2019
While there are still quite a lot of cases where it is still applicable, it needs to evolve into more sophisticated processes tightly integrated with development and other parts of performance engineering. First of all, integrating into agile development (shift-left / continuous performance testing) and integrating into performance information loop with production (shift-right) to form a holistic performance view.
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. Example Performance Budgets.
CSS - Tricks
APRIL 19, 2021
There is no doubt that CSS plays a huge role in web performance. The post How to Improve CSS Performance appeared first on CSS-Tricks. Link performance
DZone
JUNE 17, 2020
Does every performance engineer need to know about how memory in Java works? To completely fine-tune the java performance bottlenecks for high performance my answer is YES.
CSS Wizardry
NOVEMBER 9, 2018
Let me address that by combining my two favourite topics: CSS and performance. Broadly speaking, this is why CSS is so key to performance: A browser can’t render a page until it has built the Render Tree; the Render Tree is the combined result of the DOM and the CSSOM; the DOM is HTML plus any blocking JavaScript that needs to act upon it; the CSSOM is all CSS rules applied against the DOM; it’s easy to make JavaScript non-blocking with async and defer.
Alex Russell
MARCH 6, 2021
Back in 2016, I gave a talk outlining the causes and effects of the terrible performance of web apps built using popular tools on the fastest-growing device segment: low-end to mid-range Android phones. Poor performance has a compound effect on user expectations at an ecosystem level.
CSS Wizardry
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
It’s worth noting that, by and large, the same page will perform better in iOS Safari than it would on Android Chrome— iPhones are generally far more powerful than their Android counterparts.
DZone
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
What Is Mobile App Performance Testing? performance software testing app development mobile app qa and testing app performance performance and testingThe market is filling up with mobile applications more and more. According to Statista , in 2016, the number of app downloads was approximately 140 billion. In 2019, this number increased up to 204 billion, and in 2021, this rate is keeping growing.
Jos
JUNE 2, 2018
Web Performance is not only about understanding what makes a site fast. Performance is a feature and needs to be prioritized as such. Performance is a topic that has interested me for a long time. Moving over to web, the performance problems are different. If you have ever used YSlow, those are the rules the tool was using to flag performance issues. Steve Souders’ 14 Rules ( source ) These days we have more and better tools to audit our performance.
Scalegrid
JUNE 4, 2020
In this post, we are going to compare the performance and pricing of DigitalOcean PostgreSQL vs. ScaleGrid PostgreSQL to help you determine the best PostgreSQL hosting service on DigitalOcean. PostgreSQL DigitalOcean Performance Test.
SQL Shack
APRIL 19, 2021
In this article, we’ll show a process for SQL Server performance tuning, and several tools, tips and techniques you can use to monitor performance and take the necessary steps to improve it. Performance
DZone
JANUARY 14, 2020
Find out more about client-side performance! Client-Side Performance Testing Importance and Introduction. If you're worried about the performance of your web application, you need to test and analyze not only with what happens on the server but also with what happens in the browser.
DZone
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
QA performance metrics are essential for eliminating inefficient strategies and improving internal processes. Your QA performance metrics process should identify if goals are being met as and analyze resources to make sure they are producing to their maximum capacity. Performance measures and analysis should extend beyond the executive decision-makers with input from the entire team - that way, all QA engineers are motivated and can maximize their productivity.
Addy Osmani
APRIL 7, 2020
This guide looks at measuring React component render performance with the React Profiler API, measuring interactions with React's new experimental scheduler and measuring custom metrics using the User Timing API
Scalegrid
AUGUST 26, 2020
While Microsoft offers their own Azure Database product, there are other alternatives available that may be able to help you improve your MySQL performance. MySQL Azure Performance Benchmark. MySQL Read-Intensive Performance. MySQL Balanced Workload Performance.
Scalegrid
JUNE 22, 2020
MySQL DigitalOcean Performance Benchmark. We are going to use a common, popular plan size using the below configurations for this performance benchmark: Comparison Overview. Reduce #MySQL latency by 30% on DigitalOcean, with 40% higher throughput performance Click To Tweet.
DZone
DECEMBER 6, 2019
Learn how to test your app's performance! When developing complex, high-availability software projects, performance is of key importance. performance performance testing jmeter performance monitoring performance analysis blazemeter performance dashboards
Jos
MARCH 13, 2020
Web Performance is important for user experience and business metrics. This post explains several ways of assessing the potential performance gains with little effort and, more importantly, without actually implementing fixes. When a user performs those actions, the user has converted.
DZone
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Performance is an integral part of the Application design and plays a vital role in the success of your product/application. I would like to write a series of performance optimization techniques that help to design the best performant enterprise applications.
Alex Podelko
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
Some time ago Federico Toledo published Performance Testing with Open Source Tools- Busting The Myths. Instead of diving in arguing about specific points (which I partly did in my earlier post – start from The Future of Performance Testing if you are interested), I decided to talk to people who monetize on these “myths” So here is a virtual interview with Guillaume Betaillouloux , co-founder and Performance Director of OctoPerf.
DZone
SEPTEMBER 10, 2020
performance mobile apps performance testing mobile testing performance engineering mobile performance testing a mobile application software qa client side performance
Wayfair Tech
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
As we ramped up our feature toggle, we were met with words no engineer wants to hear: “Your service isn’t performing fast enough. Web PerformanceExcitement buzzed in the virtual air -- after multiple years of work, we were finally going live!
DZone
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
Today, every business wants high-performing and high-quality software. But usually, it is seen that most of the applications fail to deliver expected performance under peak load or fluctuating network conditions. To ensure that users get high-performing software that works seamlessly under all load conditions, performance testing is necessary. What Is Performance Testing?
Alex Podelko
JULY 13, 2018
One software vendor ask me, along with a few other performance professionals, to answer questions related to performance trends. But they changed their mind and never published it – leaving me to contemplate which particular thought they didn’t like… Well, here are their questions and my answers: What do you think is the “next big thing in performance” – or what should we all keep an eye out for in 2018?
DZone
JUNE 2, 2020
Performance. performance web dev mobile apps black friday ecommerce app development mobile app performanceWhat’s one of the biggest predictors of a mobile app's success?
SQL Shack
OCTOBER 26, 2020
In this article, we will explore, how we can increase SQL Server performance with the help of the wait statistics. Wait statistics are one of the most important indicators to identify performance issues in SQL Server. Monitoring Performance Performance counters Wait types
Dynatrace
MAY 28, 2020
In this blog, I will be going through a step-by-step guide on how to automate SRE-driven performance engineering. Step-by-step guide: SRE-driven performance analysis with Dynatrace. If you want to learn more about this watch my Performance Clinic on Calculated Service Metrics and APIv2.
CSS - Tricks
MARCH 27, 2020
I also care about making fast websites, but mine aren't winning any speed awards because I'll take practical and maintainable over peak performance any day. Direct Link to Article — Permalink The post Maintaining Performance appeared first on CSS-Tricks.
DZone
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019
Application performance Review (also known as Application Performance Walkthrough or Application Performance Assessment) is the process of review of an existing application (in production) to evaluate its performance and scalability attributes. The performance characteristics of the application are determined by its architecture and design. Performance reviews let all stakeholders realize where they stand and take appropriate decisions. Overview.
Dynatrace
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
In my recent Performance Clinic with Stefano Doni , CTO & Co-Founder of Akamas , I made the statement, “Application development and release cycles today are measured in days, instead of months. Autonomous Performance Optimization with Akamas & Dynatrace. Dynatrace news.
CSS - Tricks
JULY 2, 2020
Just had a couple of good performance links burning a hole in my pocket, so blogging them like a good little blogger. Web Performance Recipes With Puppeteer. not based on real-users) performance tests, like some of these new Web Core Vitals. Article performance
DZone
JANUARY 31, 2020
Some refer to it as Application Performance Monitoring and some as Application Performance Management. As the founder of a company that creates these types of tools, I definitely have some opinions on Application Performance Monitoring vs Application Performance Management.
DZone
OCTOBER 29, 2020
For a project member, when we heard about API performance tests. Do we always have some questions like what should our standard for API performance? How we can define an automation process for API performance tests? performance jmeter mule 4 api testing performance testing and tuning test framework google apps script jmeter csv fileWhat are the tools we can use?
CSS - Tricks
JUNE 8, 2020
Here’s a fantastic case study where Ivan Akulov looks at the rather popular writing app Notion and how the team might improve the performance in a variety of ways; through code splitting, removing unused vendor code, module concatenation, and deferring JavaScript execution.
SQL Shack
APRIL 14, 2020
SQL Server Performance Tuning can be a difficult assignment, especially when working with a massive database where even the minor change can raise a significant impact on the existing query performance. Performance
SQL Shack
JANUARY 5, 2021
In this article, we will explore how the ORDER BY statement affects the query performance and we will also learn some performance tips related to sorting operations in SQL Server. Execution plans Performance
Dynatrace
JUNE 1, 2020
Application Performance Monitoring (APM) in its simplest terms is what practitioners use to ensure consistent availability, performance, and response times to applications. APM can also be referred to as: Application performance management. Performance monitoring.
Dynatrace
FEBRUARY 11, 2021
During Dynatrace Perform , we have the honor of hosting a customer awards ceremony to highlight the most inspiring success stories from our most innovative, transformative customers. This week during the Perform 2021 Award Ceremony, the following winners were announced: Award.
DZone
JUNE 4, 2020
The purpose of this article is to assist performance engineers and IT organizations to estimate their current situation and successfully build and maintain their Performance Center of Excellence. Performance Architects. Performance CoE Managers. Performance Engineers.
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