Python has consistently proved to be one of the most versatile programming languages. Little wonder that it has been the coding language of choice for a wide range of enterprise applications.
Nevertheless, whereas the advantages of using Python for application development are apparent, using Python doesn’t of itself guarantee application performance. For that, you need to deploy Python application performance monitoring. The primary benefits of Python APM are as follows.
1. Gain App Visibility Across the Technology Stack
When designed and implemented correctly, Python APM can provide invaluable transparency into your technology stack. That includes network, servers, end-user device, application code, or database. You gain visibility of your application’s performance across the stack. That’s irrespective of whether it is running on public cloud, private cloud, hybrid or on-site platforms.
You can keep tabs on performance experience for all users regardless of their geographical location and the device they are using. With such depth of diagnostic insight, IT departments can get to the root of a problem even before end-users realize there’s a problem. That way, IT teams move from being a fire-fighting service to a prevention service. The reduced service disruptions and unplanned work improve productivity not just in IT but across the organization.
2. Makes IT Department More Valuable
Python APM’s insights allow the IT department to adopt a more business- and service-centric culture. The better the IT department’s ability to monitor the performance of the organization’s Python apps, the better its ability to meet SLAs.
For instance, IT teams can use Python APM to provide real-time reports on compliance with SLAs. The context analysis of APM gives IT the ability to evaluate how the performance of a Python application impacts the business. You can thus directly tie application performance to the company’s financial results.
This makes the IT department more valuable by reinforcing its strategic role in employee productivity, customer engagement, and driving revenue. Both IT and the business will be better equipped to make service-based, data-driven investment decisions.
3. Manage Technology Spending
Python APM helps contain your technology spending. You can find out how your applications are consuming server and infrastructure resources. APM makes it easier to predict peaks and valleys in resource consumption. Such information gives you the ability to optimize technology spending, efficiently allocate costs, plan for seasonality, and negotiate vendor contracts.
You can also better manage and distribute the capacity of your most capital-intensive technology resources. With APM, it’s easier to consolidate tools, eliminate redundancies, reduce the need for specialists, and boost efficiencies.
4. Proactive IT Management
It’s impossible for IT teams to predict with certainty the problems that applications, databases, servers, and networks will contend with on any given day. Still, only a tiny proportion of Python application problems could be considered unpredictable. With the right Python APM, organizations can extend their IT department’s proactive management capabilities.
For instance, APM tools can show Python developers how code is performing. This gives them the ability to meet required performance levels before app deployment. APM can also give IT operations teams degradation alerts and real-time diagnostics needed to get to the root of any issues.
Getting Started with APM
Getting started with Python APM entails incorporating application performance monitoring into the design of application services. It involves using APM tools during services development. This gives you a head start in monitoring by ensuring from the get-go that your Python apps are running as expected.
Applications are at the core of business operations, given that end-users rely on them on a day-to-day basis. Python APM, therefore, must be at the heart of your overall service performance management.