Performance Engineering: Potential Performance Issues in Software Development

Performance Engineering    |    Intermediate
  • 11 Videos | 1h 36m 55s
  • Includes Assessment
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Software system performance has a significant impact on a business. Whether this impact is positive or negative is up to those involved in software development. To ensure well-performing software, you first need to know how to define and measure software performance. Use this course to appreciate the effects of software performance on a business's success. Discover the routine tasks involved in software performance management. Then, delve into the various factors that affect application and database performance. Moving along, examine the metrics used to measure application and database performance. And see what defines scalability and how it differs from performance. When you're done, you'll be versed in the significance of software performance and the management techniques, factors, and metrics involved.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  • discover the key concepts covered in this course
    define what performance means in software development and summarize aspects of modern software performance management, such as performance engineering, performance allocation, performance debugging, and performance monitoring
    define scalability and compare performance with scalability
    describe the relationship between software performance factors and business considerations, such as brand reputation
    name the business consequences of poor performing software
    outline how the front end, business tier, data tier, and data partitioning affect application performance
  • outline how the network environment, infrastructure, and code base affect application performance
    list the metrics used to measure application performance
    list the factors that affect database performance
    list the metrics used to measure database performance
    summarize the key concepts covered in this course

IN THIS COURSE

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    1. 
    Course Overview
    1m 30s
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    2. 
    Performance in Software Development
    12m 43s
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    Software Performance vs. Scalability
    11m 10s
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    4. 
    Software Performance and Business Considerations
    11m 20s
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    5. 
    Business Consequences of Poor Software Performance
    9m 21s
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    Front-end, Business, & Data Tier Performance
    9m 59s
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    Network, Infrastructure, & Code Base Performance
    10m 9s
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    Application Performance Metrics
    9m 11s
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    Database Performance Factors
    11m 55s
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    Database Performance Metrics
    9m
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    11. 
    Course Summary
    36s
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