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Load testing by replaying Apache httpd access logs
No comments · Posted by Adam Lundrigan in CDLI, Web Development
Two weeks ago I oversaw the launch of our new public web site. The whole exercise was an unparalleled failure; as soon as the first peak load hit the server took a prolonged lie-down, and so the site was generally unreachable for end users. What went wrong? I didn’t adequately load test the application to [...]
access log · apache · Apache HTTPD · httpd · Javascript · load · Node.js · NodeJS · testing
After much (MUCH) head->desk while trying to make Symantec Ghost Solution Suite’s WinPE boot disc pick up a network connection on the new HP ProBook 6560b, I’ve sorted the issue! Thanks, in no small part, to this thread: http://communities.intel.com/thread/21719 If you already have a GSS WinPE boot CD you can simply boot into it, and [...]
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zfD2L – Desire2Learn Web Services for Zend Framework
No comments · Posted by Adam Lundrigan in CDLI, Desire2Learn, Web Development, Zend Framework
For the better part of this past year, my job has consisted mainly of building (or rebuilding) a number of web portals. These portals all have two things in common: (1) they are built upon Zend Framework, and (2) they need to interface with the Desire2Learn Learning Environment (LE). The result of this confluence of [...]
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Nested controllers in Zend Framework!
No comments · Posted by Adam Lundrigan in CDLI, Web Development, Zend Framework
Did you know that action controllers in Zend Framework can be nested (ie: placed in sub-directories within the controllers directory)? Neither did I! This undocumented feature was pointed out to me during a recent conversation with Ryan Mauger (bittarman) and Matthew Weier O’Phinney (weierophinney) on the #zftalk.dev IRC channel. Needless to say, this made my [...]

