Performance testing with JMeter

  Before going into the details of JMeter, let us first understand a few jargons associated with the testing of any application. Performance Test  − This test sets the best possible performance expectation under a given configuration of infrastructure. It also highlights early in the testing process if any changes need to be made before the application goes into production. Load Test  − This test is basically used for testing the system under the top load it was designed to operate under. Stress Test  − This test is an attempt to break the system by overwhelming its resources. What is JMeter? JMeter is a software that can perform load test, performance-oriented business (functional) test, regression test, etc., on different protocols or technologies. Stefano Mazzocchi  of the Apache Software Foundation was the original developer of JMeter. He wrote it primarily to test the performance of Apache JServ (now called as Apache Tomcat project). Apache later redesigned...

  jMeter is an Open Source testing software. It is 100% pure Java application for load and performance testing. jMeter is designed to cover various categories of tests such as load testing, functional testing, performance testing, regression testing, etc., and it requires JDK 5 or higher. This tutorial provides an in-depth coverage of jMeter framework including its test plans, listeners, functions, and regular expressions. Audience This tutorial is designed for software professionals in the domain of Testing who are required to test enterprise-level applications for robustness and reliability. Prerequisites Before proceeding with this tutorial, you should have a basic understanding of Java programming language. As you are going to use jMeter to perform all types of testing (regression, functional, load, performance, etc.) at different stages of a Java project, it is recommended that you have a good grip over software development and software testing processes.