dynaTrace AJAX Edition 3.4 now gives you full JavaScript, AJAX, Network and Rendering analysis support for Mozilla Firefox 8 and 9 as well as Internet Explorer 8 and 9. If you want to optimize the performance of all your users’ browser versions, have a look at the dynaTrace AJAX Edition Premium to guarantee the best [...]

Today’s web sites are often cluttered up with third party content that slows down page load and rendering times, hampering user experience. In my first blog post, I’ve presented how third party content impacts your website’s performance and identified common problems with its integration. Today I want to share the experience I have made as [...]

You do not agree with that? Have you ever looked at the details of your page load time and analyzed what really impacts Page Load Time? Let me show you with a real life example and let me explain that in most cases you only control 1/3 of the time required to load a page [...]

After announcing support for Firefox 7 in dynaTrace AJAX Edition Premium we now also provide support for the latest version of Mozilla’s Browser in dynaTrace AJAX Edition. The latest Beta update of dynaTrace AJAX Edition 3.2 therefore gives you full JavaScript, AJAX, Network and Rendering analysis support for the latest versions of Mozialla Firefox and [...]

We often see request error rates as an indicator for SLA compliance. Reality however shows that this draws a wrong picture. Let’s start with an example. We had a meeting with a customer and were talking about their SLA and what it is based on. Like in many other cases the request error rate was [...]

Many times have we been posting the recommendation to speed up your DOM Element lookups by using unique IDs or at least a tag name. So, instead of using $(“.wishlist”) you should use $(“div.wishlist”) which will speed up lookups in older browsers. If you want to lookup a single element then give it a unique [...]

The US Open is one of the major world sport events these days. Those tennis enthusiasts that can’t make it to the Centre Court in Flushing Meadows are either watching the games on television or following the scores on the official US Open Web Site. The question is: How long does it take to get [...]

Mozilla has released another update to its Firefox browser. The updated Beta build of dynaTrace AJAX Edition 3.2 now also supports Firefox 6 as well as all previously supported browser versions: Firefox 3.6+, IE 6+ (IE 9 Experimental). Release support will follow shortly for both our dynaTrace AJAX Premium and dynaTrace AJAX Edition users. Deep [...]

A while back I hosted a Webinar with Ron Woody, Director of Performance at GSI Commerce (now part of eBay). Ron and his team are users of dynaTrace – both AJAX and Test Center Edition. During the Webinar we discussed the advantages and challenges that Web 2.0 offers – with a big focus on eCommerce. [...]

This post is contributed by Asad Ali – Enablement Services Consultant at dynaTrace. Based on his experience with numerous customers he describes how to optimize the data access layer of applications by “violating” a paradigm that is often referred to as a golden rule for designing applications. Before the advent of the 3-tier architecture, client [...]