The Art of Application Performance Testing: From Strategy to Tools, 2nd Edition

Because performance is paramount today, this thoroughly updated guide shows you how to test mission-critical applications for scalability and performance before you deploy them—whether it’s to the cloud or a mobile device. You’ll learn the complete testing process lifecycle step-by-step, along with best practices to plan, coordinate, and conduct performance tests on your applications.

• Set realistic performance testing goals
• Implement an effective application performance testing strategy
• Interpret performance test results
• Cope with different application technologies and architectures
• Understand the importance of End User Monitoring (EUM)
• Use automated performance testing tools
• Test traditional local applications, web applications, and web services
• Recognize and resolves issues often overlooked in performance tests

Written by a consultant with over 15 years’ experience with performance testing, The Art of Application Performance Testing thoroughly explains the pitfalls of an inadequate testing strategy and offers a robust, structured approach for ensuring that your applications perform well and scale effectively when the need arises.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Why Performance Test?
Chapter 2. Choosing an Appropriate Performance Testing Tool
Chapter 3. The Fundamentals of Effective Application Performance Testing
Chapter 4. The Process of Performance Testing
Chapter 5. Interpreting Results: Effective Root-Cause Analysis
Chapter 6. Performance Testing and the Mobile Client
Chapter 7. End-User Experience Monitoring and Performance
Chapter 8. Integrating External Monitoring and Performance Testing
Chapter 9. Application Technology and Its Impact on Performance Testing
Chapter 10. Conclusion

Appendix A. Use-Case Definition Example
Appendix B. Proof of Concept and Performance Test Quick Reference
Appendix C. Performance and Testing Tool Vendors
Appendix D. Sample Monitoring Templates: Infrastructure Key Performance Indicator Metrics
Appendix E. Sample Project Plan