.NET Performance Testing and Optimization. Part 1: Building your test environment
Context:
Chapter 01: Introduction - The What and the Why
Chapter 02: Understanding Performance Targets
Chapter 03: Performance and Load Test Metrics
Chapter 04: Implementing your Test Rig
Chapter 05: Creating Performance Tests
Chapter 06: Next Steps - Profiling
Why read this book?
There is a huge amount of information available on the how’s and why’s of performance testing .NET applications, but it is often fairly subjective, narrow in scope, or doesn’t quite cover everything you were hoping to learn. The upcoming Complete Guide to Performance Testing and Optimizing .NET Applications (by Paul Glavich and Chris Farrell) will cover everything from why you should test, through the steps of setting up your test environment, all the way to how to actually run and record tests, and what you should be looking for. With all this detail, it will have everything you need to help you make the most of your .NET code.
In this first part of the Complete Guide, Paul and Chris explain why performance testing is a seriously good idea, and walk you through everything you need to know to set up a comprehensive test environment. It’s a excellent and comprehensive guide to getting started, and they’ll be following it up with the rest of the guide soon.