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Darwin Streaming Server 6.0.3 - setup, customization, plugin or module development, performance and load tests on 32 & 64 bit Redhat Linux

by Koushik Biswas

How to setup Darwin Streaming Server 6.0.3 on 32 or 64 bit Linux platforms, add custom functionality by developing plugins ("modules" as Apple calls them), and results of some performance and load tests I ran

Measuring and Monitoring WCF Web Service Performance

by Stuart Wheelwright

Using ServiceMon to obtain performance statistics for web services

Evaluation of .NET Testing

by Ganesan Senthilvel

Stimulating journey on evaluation of .NET Testing over the years

Introduction to Creating Dynamic Types with Reflection.Emit: Part 2

by jconwell

Part 2 of an introduction to creating dynamic types. This article shows how to actually generate the methods in a dynamic type and how to call them.

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Chalba - Open Source Load Testing Tool

by hexgear

Chalba is an open source hackable load testing tool. Chalab is inspired from jmeter, gatling, grinder like tool.

Doing Performance Testing Easily using JUnit and Maven

by vkjha2000

This article explains how to do performance testing aka load/stress testing using JUnit and maven

Load/Performance Testing Quick Start Guide

by Metaphysico

Quick Setup for a basic Load and Performance Testing System with logging.

Load Testing Error: There is already an active timer with the name '' passed to BeginTimer

by Metaphysico

Fix for issue with TestContext.BeginTimer("TimerName");

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Is their any industry standard for performing 300K load test (thermostat->HVAC system)?

27 Mar 2024 by Pete O'Hanlon

The standard way of doing this is to actually scale the problem down. In other words, you don't test 300K devices; instead, you would look at running your load test on a statiscally relevant subset of your devices (say 1000). Once you have...

Is their any industry standard for performing 300K load test (thermostat->HVAC system)?

26 Mar 2024 by Member 10427093

We need to perform 300K Thermostat load test. all 300K thermostats was connected to different 300K IPs via WIFI connection. Client machines: AWS EC2 instances/Azure load testing service. Server machine: Here we can observe the Azure VMSS...

I need to talk to the web master my account is all screwed up

11 Jun 2023 by mhnCPF

I need to talk to the web master my account is all screwed up What I have tried: Logging out and back in Selecting lost password I have tried everything

I need to talk to the web master my account is all screwed up

11 Jun 2023 by Patrice T

Try this place: Bugs and Suggestions[^]

I need to talk to the web master my account is all screwed up

11 Jun 2023 by Richard MacCutchan

Same answer as your other question.

How do I handle out of memory exception in windows application

17 Dec 2021 by adriancs

At the app.config, add the following: Read more about "gcAllowVeryLargeObjects - Microsoft .NET Documentation" and em... yupe, as Dave...

How do I handle out of memory exception in windows application

17 Dec 2021 by sreeCoderMan

HI I get this exception when i run the tool for more than 3 hours i do have 16GB RAM , 64Bit OS Intel Core i7 4770 CPU and 150 GB HD Application: PRO.LoadTest.exe Framework Version: v4.0.30319 Description: The process was terminated due...

Load test and performance analyzer tool for ASP.NET web application

13 Mar 2021 by Member 3226712

I am looking for a recent best solution that meet following requirements to load/stress testing web application: It should simulate typical work of multiple users simultaneously. That typical work must include logon, displaying list of objects...

Load test and performance analyzer tool for ASP.NET web application

13 Mar 2021 by RickZeeland

I think Prefix comes close to what you want, see: net-debugging-tools[^]

Chalba - Open Source Load Testing Tool

21 Oct 2019 by hexgear

Chalba is an open source hackable load testing tool. Chalab is inspired from jmeter, gatling, grinder like tool.

Doing Performance Testing Easily using JUnit and Maven

12 Jul 2018 by vkjha2000

This article explains how to do performance testing aka load/stress testing using JUnit and maven

How to write data at particular cell in excel/csv file in jemter using beanshell?

13 Jun 2018 by Adityakumar2318

I am trying to write the data in excel or CSV file using beanshell. But i am not able to write the data in excel sheet at particular cell. Any help would be appreciated. What I have tried: import net.minidev.json.parser.JSONParser; import org.json.simple.parser.JSONParser; import...

C# WPF contextswitchdeadlock occured while 10000 images bind to listview

23 Sep 2017 by zaibshaki

Everything working fine on 3000 to 4000 images when i am loading 10000 images in listview every error occured ContextSwitchDeadlock occured i am reading all image source using this code BitmapImage myBitmapImage = new BitmapImage(); ...

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C# WPF contextswitchdeadlock occured while 10000 images bind to listview

23 Sep 2017 by Graeme_Grant

ContextSwitchDeadlock is usually an indication that the UI thread was busy for too long. Have you disabled the VirtualStackPanel by mistake or on purpose? Here is a test with 100,000 items and it loads and runs almost instantly. Importantly, the VirtualStackPanel is active. XAML

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.net long running tasks shared on multiple servers

8 Jan 2017 by mehdimughal

I have a scenario where i have a asp.net Web application and users will trigger long running jobs from my web app. Each user task will lead to multiple threaded and long running resource hungry tasks. And user will be shown logs of progress from database. I want my worker servers to be plug...

.net long running tasks shared on multiple servers

8 Jan 2017 by Ashwin. Shetty

You can use service discovery and spin up multiple processes. So from asp.net application you will check with service discovery and identify which all service are available then after getting this information you will redirect your request to service than is available to process a request (set...

Load/Performance Testing Quick Start Guide

3 Jan 2017 by Metaphysico

Quick Setup for a basic Load and Performance Testing System with logging.

Load Testing Error: There is already an active timer with the name '' passed to BeginTimer

3 Nov 2016 by Metaphysico

Fix for issue with TestContext.BeginTimer("TimerName");

Best perfomance load testing tool for windows application

20 Oct 2016 by sencsk

i've created the business application using c#.net with sql server. i need to do load and performance testing. please suggest me to find out best toolWhat I have tried:tried google so many tools available most of them for web or mobile.

Best perfomance load testing tool for windows application

20 Oct 2016 by Suvendu Shekhar Giri

First of all,What kind of performance test you are planning to do on your windows application?If I am not wrong a standalone application can be used by 1 user at a time if you have a single keyboard and mouse attached to it. So, it should not take much time for each of your requests to...

Load test is not running in visual studio 2012 ultimate?

30 Jun 2016 by Member 12385372

I have created Load test Project, when I try to run the Run the Load Test , it's showing an error: "Method 'TestAgentDisconnected' in type 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.LoadTest,Version=11.0.0.0,Culture=neutral,publicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' does not have an implementation", how do i solve...

How do I load test my server remotely using visual studio 2012 ultimate?

19 Jun 2016 by Member 12385372

i am new to Visual Studio Testing,I have successfully load tested in Local System. but i want to Load Test My Server by Remote Connection using visual Studio 2012 ultimate?What I have tried:I have successfully load tested in Local System.

Cloud Based Load Testing Using TF Service & VS 2013

18 Feb 2016 by Tarun_Arora

Originally posted on: http://bobgoedkoop.nl/archive/2013/06/30/cloud-based-load-testing-using-tf-service-amp-vs-2013.aspx One of the new features announced as part of the Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate Preview is ‘Cloud Based Load Testing’.

Test Driven Development

26 Jan 2016 by Gaston Verelst

Test driven development

Cloud Based Load Testing Using TF Service & VS 2013

20 Nov 2015 by Tarun_Arora

One of the new features announced as part of the Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate Preview is ‘Cloud Based Load Testing’. In this blog post I’ll walk you through

Load Testing Using Azure

8 Oct 2015 by Gordon Beeming

Load testing using Azure

Evaluation of .NET Testing

19 Aug 2015 by Ganesan Senthilvel

Stimulating journey on evaluation of .NET Testing over the years

Batch - automatic increase administrative privileges (run as Administrator)

2 Jun 2015 by Artur Zgadzaj

Batch run as Administrator - automatic increase administrative privileges in Batch scripts like BAT and CMD - universal tools Batch_Admin

Load Test in Cloud using Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate

30 Apr 2015 by Dominic Abraham

Load test in Cloud using Visual Studio 2013 Ultimate

Continuous Delivery with TFS: Pausing to Consider the Big Picture

5 Mar 2015 by Graham D Smith

Continuous delivery with TFS: Pausing to consider the big picture

Live Q&A with Microsoft CVP Brian Harry

12 Nov 2014 by CodeProject

On Wednesday November 12, Microsoft CVP Brian Harry will be available here for a live Q&A in the comment section of this article.

12 Skills You Need to Build a Damn Good Web App

11 Nov 2014 by Stephen C Young

Here is a list of 12 skills that you need to build a damn good web app

Gigabit File uploads Over HTTP

17 Oct 2014 by Nigel B Thomas

Large file uploads how do I love thee? Let me count the ways. These days having to deal with large file uploads is rather common place in IT environments, and by large file uploads I mean files that are over 500MB in size. Sure we have replication technologi

A beginners Guide to Social Network Integration in Android Apps: Working with Twitter and Facebook

5 Oct 2014 by Grasshopper.iics

A Simple Step By Step Guide to Social Network Integration In Android

Load testing web sites with StresStimulus: Part 1 - Getting started

26 Aug 2014 by Matt Perdeck

Learn how to load test your web site with StresStimulus, a load tester extension to Fiddler.

Safely expose your methods for Unit Testing

26 Jul 2014 by _Noctis_

How to Unit Test private methods using wrappers and preproccesor directives

Custom Seed Serializer for Entity Framework Code First C#

11 Jun 2014 by DiponRoy

Custom Seed Serializer for Entity Framework Code First C#

Tools: Web Statistics Tools – Analog

30 Dec 2013 by Sam Varadarajan

If you are looking to analyse usage patterns on your web site, this is a great tool. Check it out!

SortedSplitList - An Indexing Algorithm in C#

10 Dec 2013 by Aurélien BOUDOUX

A list for managing tens of millions of objects in your application.

Would JavaScript Benefit from a Dictionary Object

19 Nov 2013 by Dan Ricker

Would JavaScript benefit from a Dictionary Object

Team Foundation Server Best Practices (2 of 3)

9 Nov 2013 by JJ Bussert

Best practices in Team Foundation Server (Part 2)

Aspect Oriented Programming: learn step by step and roll your own implementation!

11 Sep 2013 by Guirec

A journey into AOP land with concerns, pointcuts, joinpoints, advices, aspects, interceptors, proxies, targets, mix-ins, composites...

NHunspell Component for Visual Studio

1 Sep 2013 by DmytroSokhach

NHunspell component example for WindowsForms

Developers Do It Better (In the Cloud)

29 Aug 2013 by Chris_Riley

What drives developers and product teams to move their development and testing to the cloud?

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Parasoft Service Virtualization – Create Intelligent Test Environments

22 Aug 2013 by Dirk_Strauss

Parasoft Service Virtualization – Create Intelligent Test Environments

The Basics of ASP.NET Performance Optimization

4 Jul 2013 by Tiago_Pascoal

Microsoft MVP Tiago Pascoal goes through the best practices, tools, and techniques he uses to optimize the performance of web applications.

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Azure Contest: Cost Profiling\Tracking

1 May 2013 by Farcus32

Adding cost counters to accurately monitor your application as it uses Azure services

All About Test Part 2 - Testing Stateful System

21 Jan 2013 by Simeon Sheye

How to manage state and simulate behavior against the system under test.

Measuring and Monitoring WCF Web Service Performance

4 Oct 2012 by Stuart Wheelwright

Using ServiceMon to obtain performance statistics for web services

Know your application better with visual studio 2010 load testing

9 Aug 2012 by Shahriar Iqbal Chowdhury/Galib

Configure visual studio load testing tool and utilize to scale application by analyzing testing results

Python-Embedded XML and Test Automation

8 Jul 2012 by Trustamind

Python code is embedded in XML and evaluated on the fly to generate data values.

SOAP UI - Part 1 - Introduction

22 Jun 2012 by Jobless Creature

This is a article on SOAP UI. This is used for web service load testing

Deleting Multiple Rows in GridView in ASP.NET

18 Jun 2012 by sourabhdev14

The GridView control in ASP.NET is used to represent information from a database in tabular format.

10 Pieces of Advice on Software Test Estimation Time

6 Mar 2012 by QArea Team

10 pieces of advice on Software Test Estimation Time

The Future of Testing: Quality Center vs Team Foundation Server

29 Dec 2011 by Shai Raiten

An overview of the benefits of Quality Center against Team Foundation Server

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Load testing web sites with StresStimulus, part 2 - Advanced features

12 Dec 2011 by Matt Perdeck

Discusses the advanced features of StresStimulus, including parameterization and NTLM authorization

Part 3–Load Testing In the Cloud Automating Test Rig Deployment

4 Dec 2011 by Tarun_Arora

Is this blog post worth your time? It’s not challenging setting up the Load Test Rig in the Cloud, it’s more challenging to convince enterprises to embrace the cloud. Not all enterprises will accept their business critical applications being profiled from a VM hosted outside their network.

Part 2–Load Testing In The Cloud

2 Dec 2011 by Tarun_Arora

Welcome to Part 2, In Part 1 we discussed the advantages of creating a Test Rig in the cloud, the Azure edge and the Test Rig Topology we want to get to.

Load and Web Performance Testing using Visual Studio Ultimate 2010 - Part 3

1 Dec 2011 by Tarun_Arora

In part 3 I’ll be discussing Test Result Analysis, Test Result Drill through, Test Report Generation, Test Run Comparison, ASP.NET Profiler and some closing thoughts.

Load and Web Performance Testing using Visual Studio Ultimate 2010 - Part 2

1 Dec 2011 by Tarun_Arora

The details of web performance and load tests as well as why it’s important to follow a goal based pattern while performance testing your application.

Website Testing Techniques

28 Nov 2011 by Praveen Kumar P.V

Website testing techniques

Easily determining the exact error by using Correlation ID in SharePoint 2010

18 Aug 2011 by Raymund Macaalay

Making sense of the Correlation ID in SharePoint 2010.

Automatic JS, CSS Versioning to Update Browser Cache when Files are Changed

11 Jun 2011 by Omar Al Zabir

An HttpFilter that processes the output generated by dynamic pages and appends the last modified date of static files like js, css in order to make browsers download latest version as soon as files are changed

Overview of XQuiSoft Logging using the Provider Pattern (Open Source)

6 Dec 2010 by Mike Lang

An Introduction to XQuiSoft Logging with a comparision to other log components

Performance Testing of ASP.NET Website

2 Dec 2010 by Ravi Karia

This article explains performance testing of ASP.NET website using VSTS 2008

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Visual Studio 2008 Load Test Gotchas

16 Sep 2010 by Sergej Andrejev

Load testing features available in Visual Studio 2008 through Team Suite Extension or in Visual Studio Tester Edition.

Load Testing in 10 Steps

14 Jul 2010 by Shai Raiten

Most of the software companies are running Load Testing on their products. Load testing is one of the most important testing types today....

Maximizing the Performance and User Experience of ASP.NET AJAX Data Grid Controls

4 Jan 2010 by Murtaza Abdeali

Glimpse inside the UI performance of Infragistics WebDataGrid to see how its industry-best blazing speed was achieved with proven practices for measuring performance on ASP.NET AJAX.

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Darwin Streaming Server 6.0.3 - setup, customization, plugin or module development, performance and load tests on 32 & 64 bit Redhat Linux

1 Sep 2009 by Koushik Biswas

How to setup Darwin Streaming Server 6.0.3 on 32 or 64 bit Linux platforms, add custom functionality by developing plugins ("modules" as Apple calls them), and results of some performance and load tests I ran

Random Generation Framework

10 Apr 2009 by Ali Kheyrollahi

A .NET generics framework for generating random values of various types.

Excellence: A BizTalk Unit Testing Framework - A Sample

25 Mar 2009 by Ali Kheyrollahi

A walkthrough on using the Excellence BizTalk Unit Testing framework.

How to write Unit Test cases using VSTS

11 Feb 2009 by Rajaraman.net05

Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) comes along with inbuilt testing tools, which provide more effective and efficient ways to write test scripts for both Windows and web applications.

Scalable COMET Combined with ASP.NET

19 Jun 2008 by James Simpson

An article describing a scalable method of using persistent AJAX connections (A.K.A. COMET) with ASP.NET.

VirtualService for ESB

19 Feb 2008 by Roman Kiss

This article describes the design, implementation, and usage of VirtualService for the Enterprise Service Bus, using the Microsoft .NET FX 3.5 technology.

Building a Web Message Board using Visual Studio 2008, Part I - The Basic Message Board

30 Dec 2007 by Rama Krishna Vavilala

This article builds a web based message board and uses several new technologies introduced with Visual Studio 2008 such as LINQ, WCF Web Programming, WCF Syndication, ASP.NET ListView, ASP.NET DataPager etc.

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Testing for Programmers

23 Sep 2007 by Praveen Nair (NinethSense)

This article provides basic information about software testing for programmers in a beginner’s level.

Identifying NHibernate-Related Bottlenecks through Performance Monitoring

10 Jun 2007 by Peter Weissbrod

A distilled methodology for detecting and isolating NHibernate-related performance and scalability issues

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Sample Session Providers with PostgreSQL

18 Apr 2007 by Tim Schwallie

Several custom Session State providers for TextFile, ODBC, and PostgreSQL.

Watch your SOA Testing Blind Spots

16 Feb 2007 by Mamoon Yunus

Learn how to identify and eliminate SOA Testing Blind Spots through lessons learned from real-life SOA deployments

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Introduction to Creating Dynamic Types with Reflection.Emit: Part 2

1 May 2006 by jconwell

Part 2 of an introduction to creating dynamic types. This article shows how to actually generate the methods in a dynamic type and how to call them.

.NET DataSet to ADODB Recordset Conversion

8 Mar 2006 by KRucker

A description of how how to convert a .NET DataSet to an ADODB Recordset.

Business Process Execution Language for Web Services - Chapter 5: Oracle BPEL Process Manager and BPEL Designer: Overview

18 Jan 2006 by Mohan Raphel

In this chapter, we will get familiar with the Oracle BPEL Process Manager 10g Release 2, a server for deployment, execution, and management of business processes defined in BPEL.

Lex Auto Logistics using ANTS Load

7 Jun 2005 by Redgate Software

Lex Auto Logistics and E-Zeesoft use the Advanced .NET Testing System to load test and validate their Visual Studio .NET web application

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Load testing for .NET Developers and testers

8 Sep 2004 by Redgate Software

If you are involved in developing .NET web applications, either websites or web services, you need to be sure that the application is going to scale once it is put under the stress of a multiple-user load.

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Performance Strategies for Enterprise Web Site Development

1 Feb 2004 by jconwell

This article describes performance strategies to use with web sites that need to be able to handle a high volume of users. This includes planning for perf tuning, tools and metrics to use in measuring performance, as well as many techniques that you can use to actually make your pages run faster.

An ActiveX Control for Poker games

14 Jul 2002 by Mingming Lu

With this control, you can easily build up your own Poker games.

Testing XML Web Services (Basic)

21 Feb 2002 by Simon Galbraith

An introduction to testing XML web services