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Importing large data sets
For performance testing, it is often necessary to import a large data set to test against. However, importing large data sets presents its own challenges. Below I want to give some tips on how to deal...
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Breaking Encapsulation
Last week, we tested the upgrade procedure for the new version of our product. We got a backup from one of our clients that was over 60Gb, so we could put it to good use by testing the performance of...
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Performance tuning a GWT application
With Google Web Toolkit (GWT), you write your AJAX front-end in the Java programming language which GWT then cross-compiles into optimized JavaScript that automatically works across all major browsers....
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Performance tuning an Ant build
Common advice in the Agile world is to maintain an automated build that runs in under 10 minutes. I doubt anybody would disagree that a faster build is better than a slower one. But how do we keep the...
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