A blog about web development and Drupal.
In connection with the recent launch of a high-profile Drupal-based website, one of my responsibilities was to evaluate how well the then un-launched system would perform under the expected load. As a web developer, I don't often have the opportunity to do load testing, so I had to do some research on the topic beforehand. This post is a summary of the steps I took and my findings.
One of the most versatile Drupal modules, Views, comes with an impressive user interface that allows you to capitalize on all its functionality – or does it? Although this interface is the primary means of using Views, the module has plenty to offer on the code level too. Recently I was working on a task that involved selecting nodes of a certain type from a huge list of node IDs. When it comes to data manipulation on a complex web site, a web developer needs to take due precaution. An inefficient SQL query can bring the site to its knees by creating a performance bottleneck. So I looked into…