Finding the root cause of application issues is the crux of every troubleshooting exercise. So why don’t more APM tools provide great root cause analysis?
Retrace Power User Tips and Tricks – Extending APM
With sophisticated log management, detailed code tracing, deployment tracking and more, Retrace APM delivers what your DevOps team needs most
Stackify Earns SD Times 100: Best in Show for Performance Monitoring
The 2022 SD Times 100 identifies companies that performed admirably, while fueling the successful transition to a work-from-home culture
Real User Monitoring – Definition, Benefits & 5 Best Practices
Wondering why Real User Monitoring is crucial for your web apps? Here’s how you can help enhance your conversions and boost profits with RUM.
.NET Core vs .NET Framework: How to Pick a .NET Runtime for an Application
Today, we’ll contrast .NET Core vs. .NET Framework to help you choose which one to use for your next project.
A Step By Step Guide to Tomcat Performance Monitoring
Application server monitoring metrics and runtime characteristics are essential for the applications running on each server. Additionally, monitoring prevents or resolves potential issues in a timely manner. As far as Java applications go, Apache Tomcat is one of the most commonly used servers. Tomcat performance monitoring can be done with JMX beans or a monitoring tool such as MoSKito or JavaMelody. …
Web Performance Monitoring: A How to Guide for Developers
As developers, we would rather be writing code all day than doing anything else. Especially meetings or fighting production problems. Unfortunately, both are part of the job. All developers need to understand the basics of web performance monitoring. It won’t help you get out of meetings, but it will help prevent production fires and put them out faster. Although, I …
The Ultimate List of C# Tools: IDEs, Profilers, Automation Tools, and More
C# is a widely used programming language in enterprises, especially for those that are heavily Microsoft-dependent. This language comprises a lot of tools with individual strengths. Here, we list C# tools for IDEs, profilers, automation tools, and more. If you build apps using C#, you most likely use Visual Studio and have explored some of its extensions to supercharge your …
Application Monitor: Checking Everything that Matters
Application monitor solutions are not novel but rather an evolutionary technology. These types of solutions answer the problems that most developers and DevOps teams encounter when building an application. Application monitor solutions help determine potential defects so developers can take corrective actions quickly. Hence, building an application is no longer complete without application performance monitoring (APM) solutions. Software development is …
Python Optimization: 3 Easy Steps
Python is one of the best programming resources available for designing machine learning systems. With a variety of technical abilities and potentially time-saving loops and processes, it can be an invaluable tool. However, it’s these capabilities that also make Python difficult to use. In many cases, Python may seem sluggish as it tries to navigate intricate, complicated strings of code. …
Best Website Performance Testing Tools
What is the usual criteria in choosing an online store? It should have reasonable prices, sell quality products, and most of all, it should have a fast loading time. A website’s performance is essential. A two-second delay can make a big difference to your website and revenue as well. In fact, Neil Patel reported that a mere second delay may …
How to Handle Application_error in ASP.NET App’s Global.asax
ASP.NET offers many benefits, such as improved security, easy updating, language independence and less overall code. With that said, .NET is not without errors and issues, even when working with a professional, such as this .NET development company. One common error is an Application_error in the Global.asax file. Let’s understand how to handle ASP.NET App’s Global.asax and other common errors …
Free and Affordable Application Monitoring Tools
Free application monitoring tools are the go-to options for small organizations with limited IT budgets. However, with the number of tools available, which ones should you use? In this article, let’s analyze several free application monitoring tools that allow you to effectively pinpoint application performance issues. When your system fails or performs poorly, you need a feature-rich APM solution. These …
7 Essential Best Practices to Follow When Adopting a DevOps Model
Terms such as DevOps, Agile and LEAN are now used in a single bundle. If a project is created according to the LEAN methodology, all processes become more efficient with DevOps and Agile, making it possible to remain flexible and respond quickly to changes. In this article, we will share seven best practices you need to follow when adopting a DevOps model.Â
What is Code Profiling? Learn the 3 Types of Code Profilers
At Stackify, we’re all about helping you improve your application’s performance. We have actually developed two code profilers ourselves. Because of that, we like to think we know a thing or two about code profiling. Today I want to talk about the three different types of code profilers, describe the differences between them, and recommend some tools for your toolbox. …
What Is SDLC? Understand the Software Development Life Cycle
The Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) refers to a methodology with clearly defined processes for creating high-quality software. in detail, the SDLC methodology focuses on the following phases of software development: Requirement analysis Planning Software design such as architectural design Software development Testing Deployment This article will explain how SDLC works, dive deeper in each of the phases, and provide …
Load Testing vs. Performance Testing vs. Stress Testing
Just conducting one type of testing is generally not enough. For example, let’s say you decide to perform unit testing only. However, unit tests only verify business logic. Many other types of tests exist to verify the integration between components, such as integration tests. But what if you want to measure the maximum performance of your application? Or what if …
Web Application Testing: A 6-Step Guide
Almost every business today runs online. The internet is one of the easiest avenues for businesses to reach users, and websites are a great way to impress your customers. So, when you’re building a web application for your business, it’s important that you make it the best version it can be. To make sure that your web application is good …
Scale-Up vs. Scale-Out Storage: Tips to Consider
In the Data Age 2025 report, worldwide data is expected to grow 61% to 175 zettabytes by 2025. The enterprise sector, in particular, generates more than 30% each year. To be ready for a digital future, consider the scaling strategy of data infrastructure beforehand. Scale-up and scale-out are the main ways to add capacity to your infrastructure. While both solutions …
.NET Performance Optimization: Everything You Need To Know
It’s Friday afternoon, the majority of the development staff has already packed up and headed home for the weekend, but you remain to see the latest hotfix through to production. To your dismay, immediately after deployment, queues start backing up and you begin to get alerts from your monitoring system. Something has been broken and all evidence points to an …