There are also optimization options regarding performance for your own programming.
A profiling tool can supply a first insight. It analyzes the code of a page, lets it run, and then reports how long each of the code parts took to execute. You could even find a bottleneck in your code.
One product that can do this job is
Zend
Studio (time-limited demo version at http://www.zend.com/store/products/zend-studio/). One part of the software is the Zend
Studio
Server, which, by default, runs under http://localhost/ZendStudioServer/
and comes with a web-based administration interface. You have to set up the IP addresses that may use debugging and profiling. The local computer should be registered in this list.
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Figure 12.5: The administration of the Zend Studio Server
The Zend Studio Toolbar integrates itself into Internet Explorer and thus facilitates quick access to debuggers and profiler. After a bit of a delay, there is now an official toolbar for the Mozilla...