Comments on: Performance Testing Tip: Start From The End http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/06/19/performance-testing-tip-start-from-the-end/ Alex Miller's technical blog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:39:50 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: New Adventures in Software » Optimising Computer Programs for Performance http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/06/19/performance-testing-tip-start-from-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-295791 New Adventures in Software » Optimising Computer Programs for Performance Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:52:31 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/06/19/performance-testing-tip-start-from-the-end/#comment-295791 [...] your program and the best places to start looking for potential optimisations.  Just remember to measure the performance before and after any changes that you make so that you can evaluate their [...] [...] your program and the best places to start looking for potential optimisations.  Just remember to measure the performance before and after any changes that you make so that you can evaluate their [...]

]]> By: Scott Barber http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/06/19/performance-testing-tip-start-from-the-end/comment-page-1/#comment-57579 Scott Barber Sat, 21 Jun 2008 05:11:31 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/06/19/performance-testing-tip-start-from-the-end/#comment-57579 Alex, I can see where this approach is more valuable than "performance test this", but wouldn't it be yet more useful to start by identifying the value you hope to gain by performance testing rather than biasing your experiments based on your initial presumption of what the relevant findings will be? -- Scott Barber President & Chief Technologist, <a href="http://www.perftestplus.com" rel="nofollow">PerfTestPlus, Inc.</a> Executive Director, <a href="http://www.associationforstoftwaretesting.org" rel="nofollow">Association for Software Testing</a> Co-Author, <a href="http://www.perftestplus.com/PerfGuide" rel="nofollow">Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications</a> "If you can see it in your mind... you will find it in your life." Alex,

I can see where this approach is more valuable than “performance test this”, but wouldn’t it be yet more useful to start by identifying the value you hope to gain by performance testing rather than biasing your experiments based on your initial presumption of what the relevant findings will be?

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Scott Barber
President & Chief Technologist, PerfTestPlus, Inc.
Executive Director, Association for Software Testing
Co-Author, Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications

“If you can see it in your mind…
you will find it in your life.”

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