However, offline tools tend to be more complete, and often ship with secondary, but important capabilities, such as examining an entire site, tracking site development trends, and performing load testing. Examples of such products include SoftQuad's HotMetal Pro , Allaire's HomeSite , AI Internet Solutions' CSE HTML Validator , and the HTML PowerAnalyzer . Regrettably, there are far fewer tools available for ASP code analysis. Microsoft's new .Net platform offerings such as BizTalk Server. IT executives should plan to make this load testing a regularly repeated process, and should compare the test results against the initial baseline to determine whether or not outside factors have decreased the efficiency of an application.
Log analysis is also important for any Web server in production.
Products such as WebTrends' Enterprise Suite or Casselware Incorporated's Website Reporter can provide insight into how customers are using an e-business application. It can be a mistake to address suggestions for improvement in the order in which they are received. IT executives should make plans to take into account both the section of the application they relate to as well as the usage of that section, and should ensure that development resources are assigned appropriately. In addition, reports produced from these logs can indicate trends IT executives can use to do capacity planning, and thus, can determine when servers that are currently running fine might need more resources to handle future loads. This determination should include input from system administrators, developers, and managers involved with the application in question, and should also be re-visited frequently to take into account new concerns.