Here's a suggestion: flip up that blast shield and tell old Obi Wan Kenobi to take a try at scripting up a headless driver to generate transport-layer traffic with data correlation, randomization and parameters that simulates thousands or even millions of calls against the system. It's not so easy even when you use the force, eh old man!? In this first of two episodes Tim Koopmans will be joining us as we cover many of the virtual user scripting tips and tricks that we've learned over the many years of using almost every tool on the planet. Starting with the creation of a usage model, scripting practices, commonly used functions and all sorts of great ideas to help you get the scripting perfect and maintainable. Plus the usual mayhem from News of The Damned, Black Friday, Cyber Monday and a special interview with Tim about the birth of Flood.io and where they're headed. (52)

This episode of PerfBytes is formally sponsored by our friends at Flood.io (www.flood.io).