本书作者是一位有30年IT企业工作经验和超过12年性能测试经验的顾问。这本通俗易懂的书以真实的范例和配图例证，同时提供实用的建议。

本书详尽地解释了一个不适当的测试策略中的诸多缺陷，并提供了一套建全的、结构性的方法，以确保你的应用程序运作良好，并且在需要升级时能有效扩展。

PREFACE

1 WHY PERFORMANCE TEST?

 What Is Performance?The End-User Perspective

 Bad Performance:Why It's So Common Summary

2 THE FUNDAMENTALS OF EFFECTIVE APPLICATION PERFORMANCE TESTING

 Choosing and Appropriate Performance Test Environment

 Setting Realistic and Appropriate Performance Targets

 Making Sure Your Application is Stable Enough for Performance Testing

 Obtaining a Code Freeze

 Identifying and Scripting the Business-Critical Transactions

 Providing Sufficient Test Data of High Quality

 Ensuring Accurate Performance Test Design

 Identifying the Server and Network Key Performance Indicators(KPIs)

 Allocating Enough Time to Performance Test Effectively

3 THE PROCESS OF PERFORMANCE TESTING

 The Proof of Concept(POC)

 From Requirements to Performance Test

 Case Study 1:Online Banking

 Case Study 2:Call Center

 Summary

4 INTERPRETING RESULTS:EFFECTUVE ROOT-CAUSE ANALYSIS

 The Analysis Process

 Types of Output from a performance Test

 Root-Cause Analysis

 Analysis Checklist

 Summary

5 APPLICATION TECHNOLOGY AND ITS IMPACT ON PERFORMANCE TESTING

 Astbcgribiys Java and XML(AJAX)

 Citrix

 HTTP Protocol

 Java

 Oracle

 SAP

 Service-Orientated Architecture(SOA)

 Web 2.0

 Oddball Application Technologies:Help,My Load Testing Tool Won't Won't Record it!

A TRANCTION EXAMPLES

B POC AND PERFORMANCE TEST QUICK PEFERENCE

C AUTOMAZ TOOL VENDORS

D SAMPLE KPI MONITORING TEMPLATES

E SAMPLE PROJECT

INDEX