> We're doing performance analysis and looking for bottlenecks ...
In that case, you want to test a single server only, at least to
start. You'll need to define user paths that are most likely to be
followed by users within the application, and define timers for each
step of the user path (where
Dave Watts [mailto:dwa...@figleaf.com]
Sent: February-11-12 7:46 AM
To: cf-talk
Subject: Re: Load Testing - what to look for and monitor/report
> Anyhow, what I really want to know from you experts is what should I
> be watching and recording during these load tests?
Generally, you're intere
> Anyhow, what I really want to know from you experts is what should I be
> watching and recording during these load tests?
Generally, you're interested in response time and throughput.
> Also should I pair down from a load balanced solution to a single server to
> make it easier to debug log fi
Mark, Jamie, Will,
Thanks for the suggestions guys :-) I'll take a look into the different ones
and see which works best for me JMeter certainly sounds very cool!
Cheers all,
Rob
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> -Original Message-
> From: Mark Mandel [mailto:mark.man...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 13 January 2009 7:23 AM
> To: cf-talk
> Subject: Re: Load testing tools.
>
> I got quite into jMeter, bu
I got quite into jMeter, but its a bit finicky to get into.
Once you understand how it works, tho', its very flexible (and free!)
Mark
On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:28 AM, Robert Rawlins <
robert.rawl...@thinkbluemedia.co.uk> wrote:
> Afternoon guys,
>
> Any good recommendations on load testing too
> How exactly do you "record" this? Is it a cookie that's set
> or do you need a network traffic sniffer to pick up whatever
> header is being passed? How often do the tokens or whatever
> is passed get changed? I'm assuming each time you login
> there's something that gets set?
Yes, every tim
>> We're having some serious trouble with an internal website
>
>Almost any load testing tool will do this. There's nothing specific to AD
>here, you simply have to record your browser session from an authenticated
>machine. The credentials are just another HTTP request header.
>
>Dave Watts, CTO,
Any suggestions on a tool like this? We haven't invested in anything yet
so I'm willing to take suggestions. Just looking to find the right tool.
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From: James Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 9:25 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Lo
mething that gets set?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 5:27 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Load testing software for website with AD integrated
> authenti cation
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From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 5:27 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Load testing software for website with AD integrated
authenti cation
> We're having some serious trouble with an internal website
> that uses IIS pass-thr
> We're having some serious trouble with an internal website
> that uses IIS pass-through authentication that logs you in
> automatically based on the user you're logged into your
> computer as. The problem is, I can't find any load testing
> apps that will test a site with that type of login.
There's also Selenium (http://selenium-ide.openqa.org/download.jsp) and
LoadRunner (now of HP, formerly of Mercury Software
https://h10078.www1.hp.com/cda/hpms/display/main/hpms_content.jsp?zn=bto&cp=1-11-126-17%5E8_4000_100__).
Selenium is free, LoadRunner is exceedingly not free.
Matthew W
We have been using Empirix eTEST Suite for years, but we're about to also
start using TestComplete Enterprise (handles both web-based and Windows
forms-based apps).
The most important thing is not the software you use, it's the methodology
you use. I have seen a lot of load tests, and this may se
I've had good luck with the MS stress test tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/itsolutions/intranet/downloads/webstres.mspx?mfr=true
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Mike Harman <
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> I'm interested in hearing what others are doing for load testing and what
> s
On Tuesday 02 Oct 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Did you try using Microsoft Web Stress Tool? It's quite decent and it's
> free.
Assuming I've already paid a fortune for my O/S licence, right ?
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Sent: 02 October 2007 19:55
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Load Testing Software
HI,
Did you try using Microsoft Web Stress Tool? It's quite decent and it's
free.
Jayesh Viradiya
Adobe CF Team
-Original Message-
From: Tim Ashworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, O
HI,
Did you try using Microsoft Web Stress Tool? It's quite decent and it's
free.
Jayesh Viradiya
Adobe CF Team
-Original Message-
From: Tim Ashworth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 7:23 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Load Testing Software
Hi All,
Could anyone reco
Cheers, I'll report back.
t
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From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 02 October 2007 16:34
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Load Testing Software
webload is open source and free and pretty popular.
Never used it myself but I plan to..
www.webloa
webload is open source and free and pretty popular.
Never used it myself but I plan to..
www.webload.org
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On Tuesday 02 Oct 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Could anyone recommend a load testing tool? I've tried OpenSTA but didn't
> get on with the help contents too well..
I like Apache JMeter.
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On Thursday 24 May 2007, Robert Rawlins - Think Blue wrote:
> Just out of interest which tool are you using Tom? I've downloaded the
> trial edition of the Pasler one this morning and it seems to run very
> nicely and give me a decent level of feedback.
We don't, actually, load test (yeah, I know,
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On Thursday 24 May 2007, Robert Rawlins - Think Blue wrote:
> How does this stuff work with user authentication? The large majority of
my
> application (all except one lonely cfm) are behind my authentication
> syst
On Thursday 24 May 2007, Robert Rawlins - Think Blue wrote:
> How does this stuff work with user authentication? The large majority of my
> application (all except one lonely cfm) are behind my authentication
> system, is this passler software (or any of the others) able to work around
> that if I
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Sent: 23 May 2007 22:12
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Load Testing
Webserver Stress Tool
http://www.paessler.com/webstress
Jake Pilgrim wrote:
> I'm just wondering, what do you use for load testing your applications?
>
> Thanks!
> Jake
>
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http://www.paessler.com/webstress
Jake Pilgrim wrote:
> I'm just wondering, what do you use for load testing your applications?
>
> Thanks!
> Jake
>
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If you have access to a Windows box, Microsoft has a free and quite easy to
use load testing tool:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e2c0585a-062a-439e-a67d-75a89aa36495&DisplayLang=en
On 5/23/07, Jake Pilgrim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I'm just wondering, what do you
We use LoadRunner
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Awesome,
That math is a perfect starting point for our tweaking.
Thanks Paul.
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>
> I generally go for around 8 per physical CPU that the server has.
>
> ColdFusions threading model is totally different to that of ASP and if
> your
> client is
I generally go for around 8 per physical CPU that the server has.
ColdFusions threading model is totally different to that of ASP and if your
client is used to an ASP environment, 8 threads may seem a little low
although it isn't when you consider how the threading model is implemented.
I can't
If you missed this online presentation of SeeFusion monitoring for
ColdFusion MX servers, it is now archived for public viewing here:
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This includes the slides, the live demo, the chat, and all the audio.
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Bah, for some reason our proxy was blocking it... nm
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From: Calvin Ward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 4:07 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Load Testing ColdFusion Applications Using SeeFusion
Weird, where are the submit buttons?
-Original
Weird, where are the submit buttons?
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From: Steven Erat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 3:02 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Load Testing ColdFusion Applications Using SeeFusion
The Online ColdFusion Meetup Group invites you to a virtual
presentation on
We use e-TEST Suite 7.0 in our load testing lab. It's an amazing product,
but it's expensive.
Regarding platform-specific tools, the main thing you're looking for is its
ability to directly read and use metrics from the platform, which e-TEST
Suite does quite well.
Respectfully,
Adam Phillip Ch
And thanks Kelly...
I'll certainly read the article.
Yves
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From: Kelly Tetterton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: June 21, 2004 9:18 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Load testing
I won't beat a dead horse here, other than to agree with the previous
posters: look at the da
Thanks to all who replied...
Thanks for the info Dave.
:-)
Yves
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From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: June 20, 2004 9:45 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Load testing
> I was wondering what was the general pratice for testing
> your app is
In my experienc
Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2004 7:45 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Load testing
> I was wondering what was the general pratice for testing
> your app is
In my experience, the general practice is to release your application, and
it either supports the numb
On Jun 20, 2004, at 7:05 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey wrote:
> > > Unfortunately, if I don't load test after BBQ, I'll have to
> > > buy new pants.
> >
> > That about takes the cake Dave, good heavens... Calm yourself!
>
> No, that takes lots of detergent and sometimes bleach ;)
Or "Spray and Toss"
> > Unfortunately, if I don't load test after BBQ, I'll have to
> > buy new pants.
>
> That about takes the cake Dave, good heavens... Calm yourself!
No, that takes lots of detergent and sometimes bleach ;)
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> "is cfloop really needed" is a horrible thing to look at
> before you do load testing. ...
Amen, brother!
> And of course, don't forget to load test after each and
> every step, excluding the BBQ ones.
Unfortunately, if I don't load test after BBQ, I'll have to buy new pants.
Dave Watts,
> I was wondering what was the general pratice for testing
> your app is
In my experience, the general practice is to release your application, and
it either supports the number of users it needs to, or it doesn't. Of
course, that's not the best practice, but it's certainly the most common.
You can spend zero to many thousand dollars on load testing software,
depending on what you need. I've always been happy with httpload, which is
an incredibly simple app (for *nix at least, don't know about windows) that
will take a set of URLs, and request them at whatever speed you want, for
how
Thanks,
I'll check this out.
Yves
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From: ColdFusion Developer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: June 18, 2004 9:00 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Load testing
Weuse a product called: WebLoad by Radview Software
www.radview.com
- Original Message -
From: Yves Arse
Weuse a product called: WebLoad by Radview Software
www.radview.com
- Original Message -
From: Yves Arsenault
To: CF-Talk
Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 7:51 PM
Subject: Load testing
Hello,
I was wondering what was the general pratice for testing your app is
Is there
you could check out LoRCAT at
http://www.productivityenhancement.com/products.cfm
not sure if it's 100% what you're looking for, but probably worth looking
at.
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From: "Sam komolafe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 200
Sam komolafe wrote:
> Can someone recommend a good load testing tool for my ColdFusion
> server. I have a Compaq Pentium III DL380 - dual processor server
> with win2000 server.
OpenSTA: http://www.opensta.org/
or the Microsoft Stress tool are both free, and work well.
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Hi Kelly,
I have used www.opensta.org in the past. It's open source, fast, easy to use and very stable. Make sure you read the getting started guide though.
Adam.
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From: Kelly Tetterton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 01 December 2003 21:47
To: CF-Talk
Subject: OT: loa
Try jUnit, available from http://www.junit.org/index.htm.
Very flexible testing package that comes for free. I use it for all my
applications.
M
-Original Message-
From: Kelly Tetterton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 4:47 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: OT: load testi
Thanks, Stacy.
What drivers are you using, and to what database?
I ask because we're running CFMX on WebSphere with Oracle drivers and have been running into some slowness issues, and lately some problems connecting to the database.
thanks,
Chris Norloff
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> > OpenSTA is dead - or at least their website is, obviously
> > due to patent violations.
>
> I just went to www.opensta.org and the website was fine!
I believe they were voluntarily participating in a website "blackout" to
protest pending software patent legislation in Europe. You can click on
Really?
I just went to www.opensta.org and the website was fine!
Kola
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Philipp Cielen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: 02 September 2003 19:11
>> To: CF-Talk
>> Subject: RE: Load Testing Tools
>>
>> Open
eWeek reviewed dieseltest a couple issues back -- free, but Windows-only.
www.dieseltest.com
Regards,
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CTO/Transitionpoint
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OpenSTA is dead - or at least their website is, obviously due to patent
violations.
best,
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Ian, this is a reasonable tool that you can evaluate first and it is not that
expensive to buy.
http://www.paessler.com/index_eng.html
Hth.
Kind Regards - Mike Brunt
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Can anybody recommend a relatively simple and hopefully inexpensive load
testing tool t
Paessler has some nice tools : pretty cheap, great functionalities and very
easy to use.
Webserver Stress Tool :
http://www.paessler.com/webstress
You can download a trial version.
Benoit Hediard
www.benorama.com
PS : IP Check Server monitor is also great (http://www.paessler.com/ipcheck)
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On 11/8/03 10:44, "Andre Mohamed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ryan,
>
> Try Google and "free load testing tools".
>
> More specifically, you'll want to search for Load/Stress testing
> specific to web sites e.g. the following are all free:
>
> 1)Microsoft's Web Application Stress Too
Ryan,
Try Google and "free load testing tools".
More specifically, you'll want to search for Load/Stress testing
specific to web sites e.g. the following are all free:
1)Microsoft's Web Application Stress Tool
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e2c0585a-062a-4
39e-a67d-75a8
> So what are the things I should look for during and after a
> load test? Will it be obvious once I run a test? Maybe I
> should ask if it will be pretty straight forward as to what
> I need to do. Like I said I don't have any previous experience
> with load testing.
Well, unfortunately, load
e-TEST Suite from Empirix, definitely. www.empirix.com.
Respectfully,
Adam Phillip Churvis
Advanced Intensive ColdFusion MX Training
http://www.ColdFusionTraining.com
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Phone: 770-446-8866
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terstitial
idle time, graphs of execution times based on x number of gradually
increasing requests) - lots of goodies.
- Jim
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From: Jim Campbell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 4:46 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: load testing...please don't sh
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Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 2:45 PM
Subject: RE: load testing...please don't shoot me
> I don't see any mention of CFFORM, Microsoft buying Macromedia or CF
> hosting, so I think you'
I don't see any mention of CFFORM, Microsoft buying Macromedia or CF
hosting, so I think you're in the clear there, Bryan :)
Anyway, I've used WebLoad from RadView for a couple of years and it's always
been very helpful in finding kinks and bottlenecks in a very large site.
You can use it from a s
> I may get raked over the coals for this one but..
Why?
> I'm looking for load testing software for an Oracle
> / CF 5/IIS/Win2K/ site.software names, URLs,
> opinionsthanks
Segue SilkPerformer:
http://www.segue.com/
SilkPerformer is the greatest, if you can afford it. It's very ex
John Paul Ashenfelter
CTO/Transitionpoint
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From: "Adam Churvis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: Load Testing
> > > - Orig
> Creating, testing, and refining a load test using e-TEST Suite lets you
try
> dozens of refinements in just a couple of hours, whereas the freebies are
> not nearly as automated. This lack of automation alone will prevent the
> finished tests from having a level of analytical quality worth the d
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Dave Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > The free tools just don't have what it takes to
> > uncover all the potential problems your site can
> > encounter under load. There's a good reason why
> > the big tools can command such high prices.
>
> As someone wh
> The free tools just don't have what it takes to
> uncover all the potential problems your site can
> encounter under load. There's a good reason why
> the big tools can command such high prices.
As someone who's used tools at both extremes - Segue SilkPerformer on the
high end, OpenSTA on the
The free tools just don't have what it takes to uncover all the potential
problems your site can encounter under load. There's a good reason why the
big tools can command such high prices.
We have a full load testing lab running Empirix e-TEST Suite and
production-scale data generation tools. De
For 10 users, the Microsoft tools (homer, etc) will probably be fine. Here's
an ASP load testing article that's vaguely relevant
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnserv/html
/server092799.asp
Another option is the opensource OpenSTA tool -- I've worked w/ clients t
I have found OpenSTA to work quite well, it provides graphs, etc, and it's
free.
It's a little bit tricky the first time you use it, but after that its very
easy to use.
http://www.opensta.org/
+
Pete Freitag ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
CTO, CFDEV.COM
ColdFus
Try http://www.websitegarage.com I haven't used it in alooong while so I am
not sure how reliable they are (looks like they are with Yahoo now).
Paul Giesenhagen
QuillDesign
http://www.quilldesign.com
SiteDirector - Commerce Builder
> Anyone out there know of a web site where you can enter your
At 10:08 AM 10/31/00 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi there
>Do any of you have experience of load-testing software for your CF apps? We
>want to simulate 100 simultaneous users for a large intranet app. We don't
>want to spend too much...
Tom-
RSW software (http://www.rswsoftware.com/) offers a good testi
In typical Microsoft fashion, they have a free tool for performing Web App
Stress Tests.
I haven't used it yet...
http://webtool.rte.microsoft.com
-Original Message-
From: Tom Dyson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 1:09 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Load testing CF
SilkPerformer is 14K+ when they have specials. Looks buggy in Win2K.
Doug (from autobytel) and Joe Hoffman wrote this in the list before
> Microsoft has a Load Generator on their site you can download to create a
> lot of traffic for your web server to determine how much load it can
handle.
>
>
LoadRunner is in the 50K+ range. However, the features are phenomenal
based a day long product demo .In the end, it wasn't worth it., which
roughly translates to: the price was too high.
my $0.02.
Greg
For Load and redundancy testing we use Segue Silk Line of Products. I think
they have some sort of cross selling deal with Allaire. I think based on
their client list and history in the market (Pre-CF) they are the long term
solution and therefore valid to pick up.
http://www.segue.com/html/s_news
We found a few that cost major cash -- I think the cheap one Dave mentioned
a while back was $30k. We use Microsoft's tool (W.A.S.), which is okay, but
suited to ASP. I hacked a tag together "URL2Form" tag which copies all URL
vars to the FORM scope since WAS doesn't seem to like posting FORM vars
http://webtool.rte.microsoft.com
> a) reasonable cost
It's free
> b) easy to learn
Not too hard
> c) script based
Yup. More or less.
I have used it only a little bit, and haven't really pushed it to see if it
does everything it promises, but it's docs say that it does tons of very
cool things,
Unless you are planning on going into the load testing business, hire an
expert. The software costs a fortune and takes a ton of training. I am
speaking specifically about SilkPerformer, but I think that it applies
pretty much across the board.
In the local talent department, I think that Fi
> ... I agree that Silk Performer is a good tool. It just felt
> a bit clunky to use compared to RSW E-Suite's interface and I
> wanted to see if anyone had any other opinions about the other
> tools out there. I'd love a feature breakdown between the two
> but can't seem to find one anywhere.
>
>
nt: Monday, April 03, 2000 4:04 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: Load Testing
a few weeks ago, i took the Allaire Performance Tuning course (taught by the
estimable Dave Watts...:). i must say, i was heartily impressed with the
quality of Segue's tool. my boss ordered it, (
> Can anyone recommend, tell experience with etc, load testing
> software such as RSW E-suite, Segue SilkPerformer, and
> Mercury's LoadTest?
I've worked with the first two, and prefer SilkPerformer. However, you might
want to evaluate all of them to your own satisfaction - they're all very
expen
Dave Watts is your man for that. I have some experience with SilkPerformer
... I twisted enough necks to get a copy ($$$) but, haven't done anything
really in-depth with it yet. RSW is supposed to be sending me a couple
copies of E-Test but, the rep promised that early last week so I haven't
seen
a few weeks ago, i took the Allaire Performance Tuning course (taught by the
estimable Dave Watts...:). i must say, i was heartily impressed with the
quality of Segue's tool. my boss ordered it, (in fact, just called me to
say it's here).
it pretty much does EVERYTHING except making coffee fo
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