 | Level: Intermediate Martin Streicher (martin.streicher@linux-mag.com), Editor-in-Chief, Linux Magazine
25 Apr 2006 In this "Eclipse Test & Performance Tools Platform" tutorial series, learn how to use the capabilities of the Eclipse Test & Performance Tools Platform (TPTP) to convert application log files into a structured format. Then, using TPTP and other specialized tools designed to process and analyze log files, you can quickly discern usage patterns, performance profiles, and errors.
In this tutorial
This tutorial shows how to use the capabilities of the Eclipse TPTP to convert a typical application log file into CBE occurrences. With a modicum of specifications and some light coding to create a series of rules, you can transform virtually any log file into a unified, structured format. Then, using the Eclipse TPTP and other specialized tools, you can combine, process, and quickly discern usage patterns, performance profiles, and errors.
Prerequisites
You should have experience with software development and the entire software development life cycle, including testing and profiling. You should also have experience installing software from the command line, and setting and managing shell and system environment variables, such as the shell's PATH variable and the Java™
CLASSPATH. Additionally, it's vital that you have some experience reading and writing regular expressions. Acquaintance with Eclipse and the Eclipse user interface (UI) paradigms is also beneficial.
System requirements
You can run Eclipse on any system that has a JVM, such as Solaris, Linux®, Mac OS X, or Microsoft® Windows®. If you don't have a JVM and Eclipse installed on your system, make sure you have at least 300 MB of disk space free for all the software. You also need enough free physical memory to run the JVM. In general, 64 MB or more of free physical memory is recommended. You must install several software packages on your UNIX®, Linux, Mac OS X, or Windows system. You need a functioning Java Virtual Machine (JVM), a copy of the Eclipse SDK, a copy of the Eclipse TPTP runtime, and several prerequisites and co-requisites on which the Eclipse TPTP depends. You also need a copy of the Eclipse TPTP GLA, which allows you to transform log files in a stand-alone application or in your own application. Here's everything you need:
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