Application performance engineering

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title: "Application performance engineering" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["application-software", "software-testing"] description: "Method of testing in various settings" topic_path: "technology/software-engineering" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_performance_engineering" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Method of testing in various settings ::

Application performance engineering is a method to develop and test application performance in various settings, including mobile computing, the cloud, and conventional information technology (IT).

Methodology

According to the American National Institute of Standards and Technology, nearly four out of every five dollars spent on the total cost of ownership of an application is directly attributable to finding and fixing issues post-deployment. A full one-third of this cost could be avoided with better software testing.

Application performance engineering attempts to test software before it is published. While practices vary among organizations, the method attempts to emulate the real-world conditions that software in development will confront, including network deployment and access by mobile devices. Techniques include network virtualization.

References

References

1. National Institute of Standards and Technology (May 2002). [https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/director/planning/report02-3.pdf ''The Economic Impacts of Inadequate Infrastructure for Software Testing'']. Page 1.
2. McConnell, Steve (2009). ''Code Complete''. Microsoft Press. Page 960. {{isbn. 9780735636972
3. "Testing and Optimizing Mobile Application Performance," Software Test Professionals Online Summit, June 6, 2012.
4. Metzler, Jim & Metzler, Ashton (2011). [http://www.webtorials.com/main/resource/papers/webtorials/2011-app-delivery/handbook/2011-App-Svc-Delivery-Full.pdf ''The 2011 Application & Service Delivery Handbook'']. Webtorials.com. Pages 10, 81, 82.

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