PerfBytes

Hey PerfByters - it's time! This is the 4th annual PerfBytes BBQ celebration and live broadcast at Howard's house in Framingham, MA. We're a gathering of PerfBytes listeners enjoying a backyard BBQ competition, fine wines and spirits, News of The Damned and the endless camaraderie of Performance Engineers.

This special episode of PerfBytes is proudly sponsored by the good people at Techwell.com. Use the promocode PERFBYTES when you register here: http://well.tc/swperfbytes

Every tool is extensible, from commercial closed source to freeware to open source. It simply becomes a question of how and where you hook into the system. This is why performance testing tools are built around general purpose computer languages. At the time a tool is designed and constructed it’s impossible to foresee all of the possible interfaces and applications it will be used to test. As a result, the ability to extend is critical capability of performance testing tools. This season of PerfBytes is formally supported by our sponsors Hewlett Packard Enterprise (www.hpe.com) and Flood.io (www.flood.io)! Thanks guys!

In the eventual career of a performance tester there will come a day when your current tool just can’t cut it, or your boss wants you to switch, or the R&D department for your favorite tool all give up and just quit. For whatever reason, it’s good to know the ins and outs of switching tools and converting your work into a new tool. This season of PerfBytes is formally supported by our sponsors Hewlett Packard Enterprise (www.hpe.com) and Flood.io (www.flood.io)! Thanks guys!

Have you seen me? I'm a tool feature that's been missing for many months or even years. In this next episode of PerfBytes we'll investigate exactly what kinds of features and capabilities we'd love to see make their way into every performance tool on the market! So many times these great ideas are left aside due to complexity, cost or lack of popularity. But still - wouldn't it be nice!?!

PerfBytes Season 5 is formally sponsored by:
- Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (http://www.hpe.com)
- Flood.io (http://www.flood.io)

According to Howard techniques are "sorta the methods that we do things in" and ya know, we didn't really argue with that. In this second half of the recording session we'll talk about taking your new or old tooling and doing some new and cool things with 'em.

Broadcasting live from the Software Test Professional's conference here in the Spring of 2016! Sharing performance stories, tales from the conference talks and workshops and then the typical giveaway of the famous PerfBytes Shoes!

Welcome to Episode 73 and the new season of PerfBytes...yes, that's right it would be Season 5! Our theme this Spring of 2016 is all about tools, it's not just about the bass. In this Part 1 of the tools and techniques topic we chat about new comers to the load testing, a spring time bounty of JMeter in the cloud, some new innovations from the incumbent giants, a few fringe tools and a little DIY madness, all to help you be more successful in your performance projects! This season of PerfBytes is formally supported by our sponsors Hewlett Packard Enterprise (www.hpe.com) and Flood.io (www.flood.io)! Thanks guys!

What better topic to cover in our first episode of 2016, then a look back on the last year of PerfBytes in 2015! We celebrate some of our favorite episodes and NoTD disasters and also hand out the first-ever PERFIE awards! Special mentions for Tim Western, Simon Knight and Prancercize!

Waaaaaay back when in the last century there was this crazy idea about IPv6 giving enough unique addresses to give one to each individual atom on 100 planets the size of the Earth. Well, you might not have that many gadgets in your house right now, but the Internet of Things will soon be upon you and your business. What about the performance of all those internetty-connectedy things? How's that gonna work, eh? This episode is graciously supported by our sponsor www.soasta.com - check 'em out!

Only a few E-tailers around the world took a hit on this black Friday edition of the #notd. We investigate vocal of hitmaker and songstress diva Adele as the latest victim of IT hijinks along with the millions of viewers to Eurovision 2015. The Aussie NRL site takes a dive with an odd choice for backend ticket processing providers; rugby players don't scrum with fine wines. Bwwwaaaaahahahahahaaaaaaa!