Macports: Tools for developers
August 8th, 2008
So, I wrote an article on what Macports is but, what tools are out there for web developers? Well one I have used in the past is Siege to steal the quote from what Siege is I’ll just blatantly plagiarize the author’s website: Siege is an http regression testing and benchmarking utility. It was designed to let web developers measure the performance of their code under duress, to see how it will stand up to load on the internet. Siege supports basic authentication, cookies, HTTP and HTTPS protocols. It allows the user hit a web server with a configurable number of concurrent simulated users. Those users place the webserver “under siege.”
So to install Siege it couldn’t be easier: “sudo port install siege”. Now, you might think that your machine could generate tons of requests and flood a site with traffic but, unless you are on some ridiculous MacPro quad CPU Goliath then you probably can’t generate a ton of simultaneous requests.
Another tool I have used to do command line conversion of mp3 files is SoX (sound exchange) and Lame. Both can be installed using Macports. So get out there and start using the terminal!
August 8th, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Thanks for this post! I needed to get my hands on a tool just like Seige and, honestly, wasn’t even sure where to begin. This is perfect and, again, thanks!