Performance tests

[rxaviers]

Goal

• Test the performance impact of fixes/changes. So, we ensure our performance is continuously improved; #397
• Compare the performance of Globalize vs. its competitors, so we ensure our performance is good compared to the market;

Workloads

• TODO (should reflect what Globalize applications look like)

Implementation Ref: https://github.com/jquery/sizzle/tree/master/speed

Some other stuff to evaluate:

• http://topcoat.io/posts/benchmarks/
• http://bench.topcoat.io/
• https://www.npmjs.org/package/perfjankie
• http://nparashuram.com/bootstrap-perf/
• https://github.com/topcoat/topcoat-grunt-telemetry
• https://github.com/jquery/jquery-ui/pull/1160

[rxaviers]

We need to define what's the goal of our performance tests. Some I see are: (a) test the performance impact of fixes/changes, so we ensure our performance is continuously improved; (b) compare the performance of Globalize vs. its competitors, so we ensure our performance is good compared to the market.

We also need to define the workload. Our workload should reflect what Globalize applications look like. So, our benchmark spots real performance issues/bottleneck.

[rxaviers]

(a) test the performance impact of fixes/changes, so we ensure our performance is continuously improved;

Became #397