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+source 'https://rubygems.org'
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in rails-perftest.gemspec
+gemspec
+
+gem 'rails', github: 'rails/rails', branch: 'master'

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+Copyright (c) 2013 Yves Senn
+
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+Performance Testing Rails Applications
+======================================
+
+This guide covers the various ways of performance testing a Ruby on Rails
+application.
+
+After reading this guide, you will know:
+
+* The various types of benchmarking and profiling metrics.
+* How to generate performance and benchmarking tests.
+* How to install and use a GC-patched Ruby binary to measure memory usage and object
+  allocation.
+* The benchmarking information provided by Rails inside the log files.
+* Various tools facilitating benchmarking and profiling.
+
+Performance testing is an integral part of the development cycle. It is very
+important that you don't make your end users wait for too long before the page
+is completely loaded. Ensuring a pleasant browsing experience for end users and
+cutting the cost of unnecessary hardware is important for any non-trivial web
+application.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Installation
+----------------------
+
+As of rails 4 performance tests are no longer part of the default
+stack. If you want to use performance tests simply follow these instructions.
+
+Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
+
+    gem 'rails-perftest'
+
+Performance Test Cases
+----------------------
+
+Rails performance tests are a special type of integration tests, designed for
+benchmarking and profiling the test code. With performance tests, you can
+determine where your application's memory or speed problems are coming from,
+and get a more in-depth picture of those problems.
+
+In a freshly generated Rails application, `test/performance/browsing_test.rb`
+contains an example of a performance test:
+
+```ruby
+require 'test_helper'
+require 'rails/performance_test_help'
+
+class BrowsingTest < ActionDispatch::PerformanceTest
+  # Refer to the documentation for all available options
+  # self.profile_options = { runs: 5, metrics: [:wall_time, :memory],
+  #                          output: 'tmp/performance', formats: [:flat] }
+
+  test "homepage" do
+    get '/'
+  end
+end
+```
+
+This example is a simple performance test case for profiling a GET request to
+the application's homepage.
+
+### Generating Performance Tests
+
+Rails provides a generator called `performance_test` for creating new
+performance tests:
+
+```bash
+$ rails generate performance_test homepage
+```
+
+This generates `homepage_test.rb` in the `test/performance` directory:
+
+```ruby
+require 'test_helper'
+require 'rails/performance_test_help'
+
+class HomepageTest < ActionDispatch::PerformanceTest
+  # Refer to the documentation for all available options
+  # self.profile_options = { runs: 5, metrics: [:wall_time, :memory],
+  #                          output: 'tmp/performance', formats: [:flat] }
+
+  test "homepage" do
+    get '/'
+  end
+end
+```
+
+### Examples
+
+Let's assume your application has the following controller and model:
+
+```ruby
+# routes.rb
+root to: 'home#dashboard'
+resources :posts
+
+# home_controller.rb
+class HomeController < ApplicationController
+  def dashboard
+    @users = User.last_ten.includes(:avatars)
+    @posts = Post.all_today
+  end
+end
+
+# posts_controller.rb
+class PostsController < ApplicationController
+  def create
+    @post = Post.create(params[:post])
+    redirect_to(@post)
+  end
+end
+
+# post.rb
+class Post < ActiveRecord::Base
+  before_save :recalculate_costly_stats
+
+  def slow_method
+    # I fire gallzilion queries sleeping all around
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def recalculate_costly_stats
+    # CPU heavy calculations
+  end
+end
+```
+
+#### Controller Example
+
+Because performance tests are a special kind of integration test, you can use
+the `get` and `post` methods in them.
+
+Here's the performance test for `HomeController#dashboard` and
+`PostsController#create`:
+
+```ruby
+require 'test_helper'
+require 'rails/performance_test_help'
+
+class PostPerformanceTest < ActionDispatch::PerformanceTest
+  def setup
+    # Application requires logged-in user
+    login_as(:lifo)
+  end
+
+  test "homepage" do
+    get '/dashboard'
+  end
+
+  test "creating new post" do
+    post '/posts', post: { body: 'lifo is fooling you' }
+  end
+end
+```
+
+You can find more details about the `get` and `post` methods in the
+[Testing Rails Applications](testing.html) guide.
+
+#### Model Example
+
+Even though the performance tests are integration tests and hence closer to
+the request/response cycle by nature, you can still performance test pure model
+code.
+
+Performance test for `Post` model:
+
+```ruby
+require 'test_helper'
+require 'rails/performance_test_help'
+
+class PostModelTest < ActionDispatch::PerformanceTest
+  test "creation" do
+    Post.create body: 'still fooling you', cost: '100'
+  end
+
+  test "slow method" do
+    # Using posts(:awesome) fixture
+    posts(:awesome).slow_method
+  end
+end
+```
+
+### Modes
+
+Performance tests can be run in two modes: Benchmarking and Profiling.
+
+#### Benchmarking
+
+Benchmarking makes it easy to quickly gather a few metrics about each test run.
+By default, each test case is run **4 times** in benchmarking mode.
+
+To run performance tests in benchmarking mode:
+
+```bash
+$ rake test:benchmark
+```
+
+#### Profiling
+
+Profiling allows you to make an in-depth analysis of each of your tests by using
+an external profiler. Depending on your Ruby interpreter, this profiler can be
+native (Rubinius, JRuby) or not (MRI, which uses RubyProf). By default, each
+test case is run **once** in profiling mode.
+
+To run performance tests in profiling mode:
+
+```bash
+$ rake test:profile
+```
+
+### Metrics
+
+Benchmarking and profiling run performance tests and give you multiple metrics.
+The availability of each metric is determined by the interpreter being used—none
+of them support all metrics—and by the mode in use. A brief description of each
+metric and their availability across interpreters/modes is given below.
+
+#### Wall Time
+
+Wall time measures the real world time elapsed during the test run. It is
+affected by any other processes concurrently running on the system.
+
+#### Process Time
+
+Process time measures the time taken by the process. It is unaffected by any
+other processes running concurrently on the same system. Hence, process time
+is likely to be constant for any given performance test, irrespective of the
+machine load.
+
+#### CPU Time
+
+Similar to process time, but leverages the more accurate CPU clock counter
+available on the Pentium and PowerPC platforms.
+
+#### User Time
+
+User time measures the amount of time the CPU spent in user-mode, i.e. within
+the process. This is not affected by other processes and by the time it possibly
+spends blocked.
+
+#### Memory
+
+Memory measures the amount of memory used for the performance test case.
+
+#### Objects
+
+Objects measures the number of objects allocated for the performance test case.
+
+#### GC Runs
+
+GC Runs measures the number of times GC was invoked for the performance test case.
+
+#### GC Time
+
+GC Time measures the amount of time spent in GC for the performance test case.
+
+#### Metric Availability
+
+##### Benchmarking
+
+| Interpreter  | Wall Time | Process Time | CPU Time | User Time | Memory | Objects | GC Runs | GC Time |
+| ------------ | --------- | ------------ | -------- | --------- | ------ | ------- | ------- | ------- |
+| **MRI**      | yes       | yes          | yes      | no        | yes    | yes     | yes     | yes     |
+| **REE**      | yes       | yes          | yes      | no        | yes    | yes     | yes     | yes     |
+| **Rubinius** | yes       | no           | no       | no        | yes    | yes     | yes     | yes     |
+| **JRuby**    | yes       | no           | no       | yes       | yes    | yes     | yes     | yes     |
+
+##### Profiling
+
+| Interpreter  | Wall Time | Process Time | CPU Time | User Time | Memory | Objects | GC Runs | GC Time |
+| ------------ | --------- | ------------ | -------- | --------- | ------ | ------- | ------- | ------- |
+| **MRI**      | yes       | yes          | no       | no        | yes    | yes     | yes     | yes     |
+| **REE**      | yes       | yes          | no       | no        | yes    | yes     | yes     | yes     |
+| **Rubinius** | yes       | no           | no       | no        | no     | no      | no      | no      |
+| **JRuby**    | yes       | no           | no       | no        | no     | no      | no      | no      |
+
+NOTE: To profile under JRuby you'll need to run `export JRUBY_OPTS="-Xlaunch.inproc=false --profile.api"`
+**before** the performance tests.
+
+### Understanding the Output
+
+Performance tests generate different outputs inside `tmp/performance` directory
+depending on their mode and metric.
+
+#### Benchmarking
+
+In benchmarking mode, performance tests generate two types of outputs.
+
+##### Command Line
+
+This is the primary form of output in benchmarking mode. Example:
+
+```bash
+BrowsingTest#test_homepage (31 ms warmup)
+           wall_time: 6 ms
+              memory: 437.27 KB
+             objects: 5,514
+             gc_runs: 0
+             gc_time: 19 ms
+```
+
+##### CSV Files
+
+Performance test results are also appended to `.csv` files inside `tmp/performance`.
+For example, running the default `BrowsingTest#test_homepage` will generate
+following five files:
+
+* BrowsingTest#test_homepage_gc_runs.csv
+* BrowsingTest#test_homepage_gc_time.csv
+* BrowsingTest#test_homepage_memory.csv
+* BrowsingTest#test_homepage_objects.csv
+* BrowsingTest#test_homepage_wall_time.csv
+
+As the results are appended to these files each time the performance tests are
+run in benchmarking mode, you can collect data over a period of time. This can
+be very helpful in analyzing the effects of code changes.
+
+Sample output of `BrowsingTest#test_homepage_wall_time.csv`:
+
+```bash
+measurement,created_at,app,rails,ruby,platform
+0.00738224999999992,2009-01-08T03:40:29Z,,3.0.0,ruby-1.8.7.249,x86_64-linux
+0.00755874999999984,2009-01-08T03:46:18Z,,3.0.0,ruby-1.8.7.249,x86_64-linux
+0.00762099999999993,2009-01-08T03:49:25Z,,3.0.0,ruby-1.8.7.249,x86_64-linux
+0.00603075000000008,2009-01-08T04:03:29Z,,3.0.0,ruby-1.8.7.249,x86_64-linux
+0.00619899999999995,2009-01-08T04:03:53Z,,3.0.0,ruby-1.8.7.249,x86_64-linux
+0.00755449999999991,2009-01-08T04:04:55Z,,3.0.0,ruby-1.8.7.249,x86_64-linux
+0.00595999999999997,2009-01-08T04:05:06Z,,3.0.0,ruby-1.8.7.249,x86_64-linux
+0.00740450000000004,2009-01-09T03:54:47Z,,3.0.0,ruby-1.8.7.249,x86_64-linux
+0.00603150000000008,2009-01-09T03:54:57Z,,3.0.0,ruby-1.8.7.249,x86_64-linux
+0.00771250000000012,2009-01-09T15:46:03Z,,3.0.0,ruby-1.8.7.249,x86_64-linux
+```
+
+#### Profiling
+
+In profiling mode, performance tests can generate multiple types of outputs.
+The command line output is always presented but support for the others is
+dependent on the interpreter in use. A brief description of each type and
+their availability across interpreters is given below.
+
+##### Command Line
+
+This is a very basic form of output in profiling mode:
+
+```bash
+BrowsingTest#test_homepage (58 ms warmup)
+        process_time: 63 ms
+              memory: 832.13 KB
+             objects: 7,882
+```
+
+##### Flat
+
+Flat output shows the metric—time, memory, etc—measure in each method.
+[Check Ruby-Prof documentation for a better explanation](http://ruby-prof.rubyforge.org/files/examples/flat_txt.html).
+
+##### Graph
+
+Graph output shows the metric measure in each method, which methods call it and
+which methods it calls. [Check Ruby-Prof documentation for a better explanation](http://ruby-prof.rubyforge.org/files/examples/graph_txt.html).
+
+##### Tree
+
+Tree output is profiling information in calltree format for use by [kcachegrind](http://kcachegrind.sourceforge.net/html/Home.html)
+and similar tools.
+
+##### Output Availability
+
+|              | Flat | Graph | Tree |
+| ------------ | ---- | ----- | ---- |
+| **MRI**      | yes  | yes   | yes  |
+| **REE**      | yes  | yes   | yes  |
+| **Rubinius** | yes  | yes   | no   |
+| **JRuby**    | yes  | yes   | no   |
+
+### Tuning Test Runs
+
+Test runs can be tuned by setting the `profile_options` class variable on your
+test class.
+
+```ruby
+require 'test_helper'
+require 'rails/performance_test_help'
+
+class BrowsingTest < ActionDispatch::PerformanceTest
+  self.profile_options = { runs: 5, metrics: [:wall_time, :memory] }
+
+  test "homepage"
+    get '/'
+  end
+end
+```
+
+In this example, the test would run 5 times and measure wall time and memory.
+There are a few configurable options:
+
+| Option     | Description                                | Default                       | Mode      |
+| ---------- | ------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------- | --------- |
+| `:runs`    | Number of runs.                            | Benchmarking: 4, Profiling: 1 | Both      |
+| `:output`  | Directory to use when writing the results. | `tmp/performance`             | Both      |
+| `:metrics` | Metrics to use.                            | See below.                    | Both      |
+| `:formats` | Formats to output to.                      | See below.                    | Profiling |
+
+Metrics and formats have different defaults depending on the interpreter in use.
+
+| Interpreter    | Mode         | Default metrics                                         | Default formats                                 |
+| -------------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
+| **MRI/REE**    | Benchmarking | `[:wall_time, :memory, :objects, :gc_runs, :gc_time]`   | N/A                                             |
+|                | Profiling    | `[:process_time, :memory, :objects]`                    | `[:flat, :graph_html, :call_tree, :call_stack]` |
+| **Rubinius**   | Benchmarking | `[:wall_time, :memory, :objects, :gc_runs, :gc_time]`   | N/A                                             |
+|                | Profiling    | `[:wall_time]`                                          | `[:flat, :graph]`                               |
+| **JRuby**      | Benchmarking | `[:wall_time, :user_time, :memory, :gc_runs, :gc_time]` | N/A                                             |
+|                | Profiling    | `[:wall_time]`                                          | `[:flat, :graph]`                               |
+
+As you've probably noticed by now, metrics and formats are specified using a
+symbol array with each name [underscored.](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/String.html#method-i-underscore)
+
+### Performance Test Environment
+
+Performance tests are run in the `test` environment. But running performance
+tests will set the following configuration parameters:
+
+```bash
+ActionController::Base.perform_caching = true
+ActiveSupport::Dependencies.mechanism = :require
+Rails.logger.level = ActiveSupport::Logger::INFO
+```
+
+As `ActionController::Base.perform_caching` is set to `true`, performance tests
+will behave much as they do in the `production` environment.
+
+### Installing GC-Patched MRI
+
+To get the best from Rails' performance tests under MRI, you'll need to build
+a special Ruby binary with some super powers.
+
+The recommended patches for each MRI version are:
+
+| Version         | Patch     |
+| --------------- | --------- |
+| 1.8.6           | ruby186gc |
+| 1.8.7           | ruby187gc |
+| 1.9.2 and above | gcdata    |
+
+All of these can be found on [RVM's _patches_ directory](https://github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/tree/master/patches/ruby)
+under each specific interpreter version.
+
+Concerning the installation itself, you can either do this easily by using
+[RVM](https://rvm.io/) or you can build everything from source,
+which is a little bit harder.
+
+#### Install Using RVM
+
+The process of installing a patched Ruby interpreter is very easy if you let RVM
+do the hard work. All of the following RVM commands will provide you with a
+patched Ruby interpreter:
+
+```bash
+$ rvm install 1.9.2-p180 --patch gcdata
+$ rvm install 1.8.7 --patch ruby187gc
+$ rvm install 1.9.2-p180 --patch ~/Downloads/downloaded_gcdata_patch.patch
+```
+
+You can even keep your regular interpreter by assigning a name to the patched
+one:
+
+```bash
+$ rvm install 1.9.2-p180 --patch gcdata --name gcdata
+$ rvm use 1.9.2-p180 # your regular ruby
+$ rvm use 1.9.2-p180-gcdata # your patched ruby
+```
+
+And it's done! You have installed a patched Ruby interpreter.
+
+#### Install From Source
+
+This process is a bit more complicated, but straightforward nonetheless. If
+you've never compiled a Ruby binary before, follow these steps to build a
+Ruby binary inside your home directory.
+
+##### Download and Extract
+
+```bash
+$ mkdir rubygc
+$ wget <the version you want from ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby>
+$ tar -xzvf <ruby-version.tar.gz>
+$ cd <ruby-version>
+```
+
+##### Apply the Patch
+
+```bash
+$ curl http://github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/raw/master/patches/ruby/1.9.2/p180/gcdata.patch | patch -p0 # if you're on 1.9.2!
+$ curl http://github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/raw/master/patches/ruby/1.8.7/ruby187gc.patch | patch -p0 # if you're on 1.8.7!
+```
+
+##### Configure and Install
+
+The following will install Ruby in your home directory's `/rubygc` directory.
+Make sure to replace `<homedir>` with a full patch to your actual home
+directory.
+
+```bash
+$ ./configure --prefix=/<homedir>/rubygc
+$ make && make install
+```
+
+##### Prepare Aliases
+
+For convenience, add the following lines in your `~/.profile`:
+
+```bash
+alias gcruby='~/rubygc/bin/ruby'
+alias gcrake='~/rubygc/bin/rake'
+alias gcgem='~/rubygc/bin/gem'
+alias gcirb='~/rubygc/bin/irb'
+alias gcrails='~/rubygc/bin/rails'
+```
+
+Don't forget to use your aliases from now on.
+
+### Using Ruby-Prof on MRI and REE
+
+Add Ruby-Prof to your applications' Gemfile if you want to benchmark/profile
+under MRI or REE:
+
+```ruby
+gem 'ruby-prof'
+```
+
+Now run `bundle install` and you're ready to go.
+
+Command Line Tools
+------------------
+
+Writing performance test cases could be an overkill when you are looking for one
+time tests. Rails ships with two command line tools that enable quick and dirty
+performance testing:
+
+### `benchmarker`
+
+Usage:
+
+```bash
+Usage: rperf benchmarker 'Ruby.code' 'Ruby.more_code' ... [OPTS]
+    -r, --runs N                     Number of runs.
+                                     Default: 4
+    -o, --output PATH                Directory to use when writing the results.
+                                     Default: tmp/performance
+    -m, --metrics a,b,c              Metrics to use.
+                                     Default: wall_time,memory,objects,gc_runs,gc_time
+```
+
+Example:
+
+```bash
+$ rperf benchmarker 'Item.all' 'CouchItem.all' --runs 3 --metrics wall_time,memory
+```
+
+### `profiler`
+
+Usage:
+
+```bash
+Usage: rperf profiler 'Ruby.code' 'Ruby.more_code' ... [OPTS]
+    -r, --runs N                     Number of runs.
+                                     Default: 1
+    -o, --output PATH                Directory to use when writing the results.
+                                     Default: tmp/performance
+    -m, --metrics a,b,c              Metrics to use.
+                                     Default: process_time,memory,objects
+    -f, --formats x,y,z              Formats to output to.
+                                     Default: flat,graph_html,call_tree
+```
+
+Example:
+
+```bash
+$ rperf profiler 'Item.all' 'CouchItem.all' --runs 2 --metrics process_time --formats flat
+```
+
+NOTE: Metrics and formats vary from interpreter to interpreter. Pass `--help` to
+each tool to see the defaults for your interpreter.
+
+Helper Methods
+--------------
+
+Rails provides various helper methods inside Active Record, Action Controller
+and Action View to measure the time taken by a given piece of code. The method
+is called `benchmark()` in all the three components.
+
+### Model
+
+```ruby
+Project.benchmark("Creating project") do
+  project = Project.create("name" => "stuff")
+  project.create_manager("name" => "David")
+  project.milestones << Milestone.all
+end
+```
+
+This benchmarks the code enclosed in the `Project.benchmark("Creating project") do...end`
+block and prints the result to the log file:
+
+```ruby
+Creating project (185.3ms)
+```
+
+Please refer to the [API docs](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/Benchmarkable.html#method-i-benchmark)
+for additional options to `benchmark()`.
+
+### Controller
+
+Similarly, you could use this helper method inside [controllers.](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/Benchmarkable.html)
+
+```ruby
+def process_projects
+  benchmark("Processing projects") do
+    Project.process(params[:project_ids])
+    Project.update_cached_projects
+  end
+end
+```
+
+NOTE: `benchmark` is a class method inside controllers.
+
+### View
+
+And in [views](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/Benchmarkable.html:)
+
+```erb
+<% benchmark("Showing projects partial") do %>
+  <%= render @projects %>
+<% end %>
+```
+
+Request Logging
+---------------
+
+Rails log files contain very useful information about the time taken to serve
+each request. Here's a typical log file entry:
+
+```bash
+Processing ItemsController#index (for 127.0.0.1 at 2009-01-08 03:06:39) [GET]
+Rendering template within layouts/items
+Rendering items/index
+Completed in 5ms (View: 2, DB: 0) | 200 OK [http://0.0.0.0/items]
+```
+
+For this section, we're only interested in the last line:
+
+```bash
+Completed in 5ms (View: 2, DB: 0) | 200 OK [http://0.0.0.0/items]
+```
+
+This data is fairly straightforward to understand. Rails uses millisecond(ms) as
+the metric to measure the time taken. The complete request spent 5 ms inside
+Rails, out of which 2 ms were spent rendering views and none was spent
+communication with the database. It's safe to assume that the remaining 3 ms
+were spent inside the controller.
+
+Michael Koziarski has an [interesting blog post](http://www.therailsway.com/2009/1/6/requests-per-second)
+explaining the importance of using milliseconds as the metric.
+
+Useful Links
+------------
+
+### Rails Plugins and Gems
+
+* [Rails Analyzer](http://rails-analyzer.rubyforge.org)
+* [Rails Footnotes](https://github.com/josevalim/rails-footnotes/tree/master)
+* [Query Reviewer](https://github.com/nesquena/query_reviewer)
+* [MiniProfiler](http://www.miniprofiler.com)
+
+### Generic Tools
+
+* [httperf](http://www.hpl.hp.com/research/linux/httperf/)
+* [ab](http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/programs/ab.html)
+* [JMeter](http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/)
+* [kcachegrind](http://kcachegrind.sourceforge.net/html/Home.html)
+
+### Tutorials and Documentation
+
+* [ruby-prof API Documentation](http://ruby-prof.rubyforge.org)
+* [Request Profiling Railscast](http://railscasts.com/episodes/98-request-profiling) - Outdated, but useful for understanding call graphs.
+
+Commercial Products
+-------------------
+
+Rails has been lucky to have a few companies dedicated to Rails-specific
+performance tools. A couple of those are:
+
+* [New Relic](http://www.newrelic.com)
+* [Scout](http://scoutapp.com)