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Drupal Meetup: get your Drupal site tuned and ready to take the stage!
Your new site is ready to go! It's built, developed, themed, and integrated. Breakpoints break gracefully, you've got zilllions of tests passing, and the client has QAd and signed off. You're ready to launch!
...not so fast. Er, the site, that is... is not so fast. On launch, under real load, sometimes nasty surprises await.
High-traffic sites, sites with external integrations, or sites that have large numbers of authenticated users often run into unexpected performance issues. But with the right planning and tools, we can give our site a full dress-rehearsal. Those issues can be simulated and fixed before the curtain goes up.
What you'll learn
This session will discuss how to:
- do iterative performance testing
- build robust and realistic load test scenarios using jMeter
- find and address performance issues using tools like XHProf and New Relic, and
- quantitatively measure to improve backend site performance.
The talk will be based around case-studies from real enterprise-scale sites, and discuss specific steps you can take to assess, diagnose, and fix performance problems on sites of all sizes.
About the speaker
Renée Stephen has been making Drupal sing and dance for a decade in the education, non-profit, and government space. She's now a Technical Consultant at Acquia, where she does a bit of everything: hands-on coding, troubleshooting site performance, and leading architecture and infrastructure workshops for clients of all shapes and sizes.
Examples
A repository of example jMeter files demo'd is available here: https://github.com/reinette/loadtest
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Read morePacific Northwest Drupal Summit 2017 - Session Submissions
pnwdrupalsummit.org
Share your knowledge and experience with the best Drupal community of the Pacific Northwest!
We are now accepting session submissions for the Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit. With tracks ranging from Business & Community, Code & Development, Design & UX and DevOps & Performance, you’ll be sure to find a track that fits your interests.
Looking for some topic ideas?
- Lead a how-to session about a trick you wish you’d known as a newbie
- Explain a pivotal Drupal concept
- Present a case study of a recent notable project
- Announce an innovation you’re proud to have been part of
- Talk about what it means to do your role well
- Teach a cutting edge skill
Attendance is required for you to submit your session. We have a limited capacity and registration sells out each year - registration is only $55 USD.
Any and all proposals are welcome!
Submit your session
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The Summit
The 2-day conference will feature sessions covering a range of Drupal topics from site building, development and code, design and theming, to business and project management. Most sessions will be intermediate or advanced with some suitable for beginners too! Aside from planned presentations, we'll also have space for breakout sessions, and of course there will be lots of time to catch up with your Pacific Northwest Drupal friends. Register today for only $55!
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