Category Archives: Application Performance
Application Performance Series- Part 4- Use Content Delivery Network (CDN)
This is part 4 of a multiple part series on web performance improvements. The first Introductory blog can be found here. In previous part we discussed the pro and cons of DSN. In this part we will analyse how CDN’s can help us improve performance. Whenever user types any URL in the browser, it sends the […]
Application Performance Series- Part 3- Reduce DNS Lookups
This is part 3 of a multiple part series on web performance improvements. The first Introductory blog can be found here. In previous part we discussed about the performance measurement tools/plugins for a web application. In this part we will study what is DNS lookup and how it affects web application performance. What is DNS? Whenever […]
Application Performance Series- Part 1- Where to start
This is part 1 of a multiple part series on web performance improvements. The Introductory blog can be found here. In introductory post we discussed importance of software development keeping performance performance at center. In this part we will discuss which part affect web application performance the most? Where we can start the performance improvement activity to get […]
Application Performance Series- Introduction
Developing software applications is not just writing code, but it is much than that. It’s both science and Art when combined together can produce great quality applications. It is an art of writing efficiently working, fast and secure code. This is especially true when we are working on web applications. Developing a fast, scalable and […]
HTTP Overview keeping performance in mind
Introduction HTTP is how browsers and servers communicate with each other over the Internet. Whenever we are working on web application performance improvements, it is very important to understand the working and parts of HTTP that affect performance. HTTP is a client/server protocol made up of requests and responses. HTTP/1.1 is the most common version […]
Some SQL-Server Performance Enhancement Tips
Choose the Appropriate Data Types Use Triggers Cautiously Use views and stored procedures instead of heavy queries. It reduces network traffic, because client will send to server only stored procedure or view name (in certain cases heavy-duty queries might degrade performance up to 70%) instead of large heavy-duty queries text. This also facilitates permission management […]