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WebPagetest.org Eric Goldsmith
What is WebPagetest.org Core technology developed for internal testing at AOL Created and maintained by  Pat Meenan Open sourced in Jan ‘08 Public  hosted  testing system released in May ’08 Also available as DIY, for private or internal testing Features Web page load times in IE (v7 & 8) Object-level timing details and visualizations Multiple connection speeds & test locations Optimization report suggests performance improvements Share test results and view historic performance
What’s new? More test locations: Custom bandwidth configuration Browser resource utilization info (CPU & network bandwidth) Visual performance comparisons Filmstrip view Full-motion video HTTP Archive (HAR) export
Using WebPagetest Basic functionality covered in last year’s deck assets.en.oreilly.com/1/event/29/Performance Tools Presentation.zip Will only cover new functionality here…
Getting started – standard test Enter URL to test Choose test location Choose browser and  pre-defined connection type Set custom  connection parameters - or -
Test results – resource utilization Waterfall diagram now shows  CPU  and  bandwidth  utilization Start Render  Doc Complete What’s causing this gap? Here’s a clue …  CPU spiked for > 7s
Getting started – visual comparison Enter several URLs to compare Choose from a list of pre-defined pages - or -
Visual comparison options Default test configuration For each URL: 3 first-view tests  run from 'Dulles, VA - 1.5Mbps ADSL'  median run used for comparison results publically available Other configurations possible: Select this option when running tests Then view test history, select the tests and click Compare
Visual comparison – results Filmstrip view Start Render  for both sites ~ 1.5s – but very different user experiences Site 2 doesn’t render until the 6.0s mark
Visual comparison – results  cont’d Click label for waterfall diagram Adjust thumbnail size and time granularity
HTTP Archive (HAR) export An open format for archiving and exchanging performance results groups.google.com/group/http-archive-specification Originally created by Firebug and HTTPWatch Now supported by nearly a dozen tools (and growing) groups.google.com/group/http-archive-specification/web/har-adopters Including WebPagetest…
What’s next? UI redesign – by real UI designers! Simultaneously view (and scroll) filmstrip and waterfall Even more test locations Tentative plans for Brazil, Africa, and India HTTP Archive (HAR) import Ability to visualize and compare multiple HAR files Standardizing interfaces to support integration with other tools groups.google.com/group/web-testing-framework -  Funded by
Thank you [email_address] [email_address] @GoldsmithEric We’re hiring front-end software engineers.  corp.aol.com/careers

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WebPagetest Velocity 2010

  • 2. What is WebPagetest.org Core technology developed for internal testing at AOL Created and maintained by Pat Meenan Open sourced in Jan ‘08 Public hosted testing system released in May ’08 Also available as DIY, for private or internal testing Features Web page load times in IE (v7 & 8) Object-level timing details and visualizations Multiple connection speeds & test locations Optimization report suggests performance improvements Share test results and view historic performance
  • 3. What’s new? More test locations: Custom bandwidth configuration Browser resource utilization info (CPU & network bandwidth) Visual performance comparisons Filmstrip view Full-motion video HTTP Archive (HAR) export
  • 4. Using WebPagetest Basic functionality covered in last year’s deck assets.en.oreilly.com/1/event/29/Performance Tools Presentation.zip Will only cover new functionality here…
  • 5. Getting started – standard test Enter URL to test Choose test location Choose browser and pre-defined connection type Set custom connection parameters - or -
  • 6. Test results – resource utilization Waterfall diagram now shows CPU and bandwidth utilization Start Render Doc Complete What’s causing this gap? Here’s a clue … CPU spiked for > 7s
  • 7. Getting started – visual comparison Enter several URLs to compare Choose from a list of pre-defined pages - or -
  • 8. Visual comparison options Default test configuration For each URL: 3 first-view tests run from 'Dulles, VA - 1.5Mbps ADSL' median run used for comparison results publically available Other configurations possible: Select this option when running tests Then view test history, select the tests and click Compare
  • 9. Visual comparison – results Filmstrip view Start Render for both sites ~ 1.5s – but very different user experiences Site 2 doesn’t render until the 6.0s mark
  • 10. Visual comparison – results cont’d Click label for waterfall diagram Adjust thumbnail size and time granularity
  • 11. HTTP Archive (HAR) export An open format for archiving and exchanging performance results groups.google.com/group/http-archive-specification Originally created by Firebug and HTTPWatch Now supported by nearly a dozen tools (and growing) groups.google.com/group/http-archive-specification/web/har-adopters Including WebPagetest…
  • 12. What’s next? UI redesign – by real UI designers! Simultaneously view (and scroll) filmstrip and waterfall Even more test locations Tentative plans for Brazil, Africa, and India HTTP Archive (HAR) import Ability to visualize and compare multiple HAR files Standardizing interfaces to support integration with other tools groups.google.com/group/web-testing-framework - Funded by
  • 13. Thank you [email_address] [email_address] @GoldsmithEric We’re hiring front-end software engineers. corp.aol.com/careers