A Framework for JMeter using GitHub and Ruby

Version control is not something you often associate with performance testing scripts. The reasons generally vary. A significant one is the lack of any version control support in commercial toolsets like LoadRunner. Another reason is the perceived short-term shelf life of test scripts. You tend to write them once and throw them away right?

If you [...]

A Script to Remotely Parse a GC Log

Here’s a simple Ruby script that will parse a remote GC log using Perl for specific date time entries. The scenario in which you might use this script is where you have rather large remote GC logs sitting on another platform like AIX that doesn’t have Ruby installed. It’s useful in the sense you can [...]

Establishing Mysql DB Connectivity from Ruby

If you are a rails fan you will probably recommend using active record instead, but if you just want to hack away at your mysql db from within your Ruby code, you may find this handy…

I’m currently using a wamp box to serve up content for performance metrics. What I needed was a Ruby script [...]

Monitoring Weblogic 9.2 with JMX and JRuby

After getting nowhere with lack luster HP support, I turned to the power of the Open Source community and got a very simple script up and running to remotely monitor Weblogic JVM Performance and JMS queues using JMX and JRuby.

Despite having some initial issues with the code, the author of the jmx4r module turned around [...]

Monitoring Typical User Transactions with Ruby and SiteScope

A colleague asked me the other day if it was possible to setup a workstation with just LoadRunner installed and have it automatically carry out a typical user transaction to determine the ‘health’ of the target server. After explaining to him that it would be a clunky approach at best, and currently lacking an installation [...]

Custom TextMate commands for ruby and scp

If you’re a Mac user and you’re not using TextMate, then hurry up and join the bandwagon. This is a powerful text editor for Mac OSX, which I use for just about any type of project be it C#, Java, PHP, Perl or even COBOL. What makes this tool so powerful is your ability to [...]