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.