JMeter test script for layered navigation
I’ve been doing a lot testing with JMeter lately for Magento. I really do like it (Magento and JMeter). It may not be the bestest, most perfectest tool in the world, but a) it’s
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JMeter Error in NonGUIDriver java.lang.NullPointerException
Was doing some JMeter testing today when I got this error. ./jmeter -n -t ~/test.jmx Error in NonGUIDriver java.lang.NullPointerException I had a JMX file that I copied to a remote server where JMeter was
What being a foster parent is really like
I wrote this many months ago but never published it. It’s a bit of a rant and I apologize for that. To be honest I don’t really know why I’m publishing it. Maybe it’s
What is the first event fired in Magento?
controller_front_init_before Technically, it’s resource_get_tablename, but the first usable event is controller_front_init_before. But this is also a bit of a trick question. controller_front_init_before is ONLY triggered from the global area. The first usable event in
4 charts that are guaranteed to make you a better performance detective
I was giving the Magento Performance and Optimization for System Administrator’s course today and I said something that is either borderline brilliant, stupid, or common knowledge. What I said was something along the lines
On the state of software development communities and industry
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I’m actually really excited about Hack and HHVM
When you get to be my age you start thinking about the future. You start wondering if some of the choices you made when you were younger. You wonder if those choices are going
assertTrue( ): Amazon: The Everything Company
If you’re thinking about putting your company’s Web presence on Amazon’s computers (using EC2), you might want to ask yourself a few questions. Does Amazon already compete with your business in any way? How
Magento memory utilization for backend work
I was talking with a colleague about my previous blog post on memory utilization in Magento and he noted that I had not taken into account backend tasks. Which he was right about. So