S13-503: Modern Web Application Performance Landmines

Track: Performance Testing

As a tester, you do not have the luxury or the time to test repeatedly to try and fix slow, poorly-performing applications during load tests. You need to get to the cause of performance quickly and fix issues fast and efficiently. There are tools that can help in identifying application issues, but many are not effective for testing in an environment where the boundaries between preproduction and production are increasingly blurred. This session will expand beyond the top 3 performance landmines (size, deployment issues and overhead through logging/tracking) and address issues including excessive database, synchronization and 3rd party content.

This session will offer a review of the top 3 application performance landmines and provide details on other application issues that can impact performance. It will also offer load testing best practice tips for finding and fixing these problems.

Session Takeaways:

  • Rapidly determine the root cause of problems down to the component, SQL statement, or Method level.
  • Reduce testing iterations and cycle time.
  • Validate architecture for maximum scalability.

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Session Speaker:

Andreas GrabnerAndreas Grabner – Technology Strategist, Compuware dynaTrace
Andreas Grabner has 15 years of experience as an architect and developer in the Java and .NET space. In his current role, Andi works as a Technology Strategist for Compuware/dynaTrace and leads the Center of Excellence team. In his role he influences the product strategy and works closely with customers in implementing performance management solutions across the entire application lifecycle. He is a frequent speaker at technology conferences on performance and architecture related topics and regularly publishes articles. Andi blogs on blog.dynatrace.com