Performance Testing With Jmeter 2.9 - Brossura

Erinle, Bayo

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1782165843 ISBN 13: 9781782165842

Casa editrice: Packt Pub Ltd, 2013

Riassunto

If you want to use JMeter for performance testing your software products, this book is a great starting point. You'll get a great grounding in all the fundamentals and gain a wealth of new skills along the way.

Overview

• Create realistic and maintainable scripts for web applications
• Use various JMeter components to achieve testing goals
• Removal of unnecessary errors and code compilation
• Acquire skills that will enable you to leverage the cloud for distributed testing
• Effectively monitor server resources during performance testing
• Extend JMeter functionality by installing plugins

In Detail

Performance testing with JMeter 2.9 is critical to the success of any software product launch and continued scalability. Irrespective of the size of the application’s user base, it’s vital to deliver the best user experience to consumers. Apache JMeter is an excellent testing tool that provides an insight into how applications might behave under load enabling organizations to focus on making adequate preparations.

Performance Testing with JMeter 2.9 is a practical, hands-on guide that equips you with all the essential skills needed to effectively use JMeter to test web applications using a number of clear and practical step-by-step guides. It allows you take full advantage of the real power behind Apache JMeter, quickly taking you from novice to master.

Performance Testing with JMeter 2.9 begins with the fundamentals of performance testing and gets you acquainted with JMeter. It will guide you through recording realistic and maintainable scripts.

You will acquire new skills working with tools such as Vagrant, Puppet, and AWS, allowing you to leverage the cloud to aid in distributed testing. You will learn how to do some BeanShell scripting and take advantage of regular expressions, JMeter properties, and extension points to build comprehensive and robust test suites. Also, you will learn how to test RESTful web services, deal with XML, JSON, file downloads/uploads, and much more. Topics like resource monitoring, distributed testing, managing sessions, and extending JMeter are also covered.

Performance Testing with JMeter 2.9 will teach you all you need to know to take full advantage of JMeter for testing web applications, dazzle your co-workers, and impress your boss! You will go from novice to pro in no time.

What you will learn from this book

• Set up and prepare Apache JMeter for testing
• Record test scenarios or create them from scratch
• Test RESTful web services
• Effectively monitor resources during a performance test
• Maintain and manage user sessions
• Distributed testing using Vagrant, Puppet, and AWS
• Extend JMeter functionality through plugins
• Understand and effectively use JMeter components to achieve testing needs
• Build realistic, comprehensive, and maintainable test plans
• Capture form submissions and appropriate handle server responses

Approach

Performance Testing With JMeter 2.9 is a standard tutorial that will help you polish your fundamentals, guide you through various advanced topics, and along the process help you learn new tools and skills.

Who this book is written for

This book is for developers, quality assurance engineers, testers, and test managers new to Apache JMeter, or those who are looking to get a good grounding in how to effectively use and become proficient with it. No prior testing experience is required.

Su questo libro

L'autore

Bayo Erinle

Bayo Erinle is a software engineer with over nine years of experience in designing, developing, testing, and architecting software. He has worked in various spectrums of the IT field including government, finance, and healthcare. As a result, he has been involved in the planning, development, implementation, integration, and testing of numerous applications, including multi-tiered, standalone, distributed, and cloud-based applications. He is always intrigued by new technology and enjoys learning new things. He currently resides in Maryland, US, and when is he not hacking away at some new technology, he enjoys spending time with his wife Nimota and their three children, Mayowa, Durotimi, and Fisayo.

Contenuti

Chapter 1: Performance Testing Fundamentals
Chapter 2: Recording Your First Test
Chapter 3: Submitting Forms
Chapter 4: Managing Sessions
Chapter 5: Resource Monitoring
Chapter 6: Distributed Testing
Chapter 7: Helpful Tips
Index

Preface

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Chapter 1: Performance Testing Fundamentals
The incident
The aftermath
Performance testing
Performance testing and tuning
Baselines
Load and stress testing
JMeter to the rescue
Up and running with JMeter
Installation
Installing the Java JDK
Setting JAVA_HOME
Running JMeter
Tracking errors during test execution
Configuring JMeter
Summary

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Chapter 2: Recording Your First Test
Configuring the JMeter HTTP proxy server
Setting up your browser to use the proxy server
Using a browser extension
Changing the system settings
Running your first recorded scenario
Anatomy of a JMeter test
Test Plan
Thread Groups
Controllers
Samplers
Logic controllers
Test fragments
Listeners
Timers
Assertions
Configuration elements
Pre-processor and post-processor elements
Summary

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Chapter 3: Submitting Forms
Capturing simple forms
Handling checkboxes
Handling radio buttons
Handling file uploads
Handling file downloads
Posting JSON data
Reading JSON data
Using the BSF PostProcessor
Handling the XML response
Summary

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Chapter 4: Managing Sessions
Managing sessions with cookies
Managing sessions with URL rewriting
Summary

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Chapter 5: Resource Monitoring
Basic server monitoring
Setting up Apache Tomcat Server
Configuring Tomcat users
Setting up a monitor controller in JMeter
Monitoring the server with a JMeter plugin
Installing the plugins
Adding monitor listeners to the test plan
Summary

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Chapter 6: Distributed Testing
Remote testing with JMeter
Configuring JMeter slave nodes
Configuring one slave per machine
Configuring the master node to be tested against one slave per machine
Configuring multiple slave nodes on a single box
Configuring the master node to be tested against multiple slave nodes on a single box
Leveraging the cloud for distributed testing
Obtaining your access key, secret key, and key pair
Launching an AWS instance
Executing the test plan
Viewing the results from the virtual machines
Summary

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Chapter 7: Helpful Tips
JMeter properties and variables
JMeter functions
The Regular Expression tester
The Debug sampler
Using timers in your test plan
The Constant timer
The Gaussian random timer
The Uniform random timer
The Constant throughput timer
The Synchronizing timer
The Poisson random timer
The JDBC Request sampler
Setting up an H2 database
Configuring a JDBC Connection Configuration component
Adding a JDBC Request sampler
A Dummy sampler
The JSON Path Extractor element
Handling RESTful web services
Summary

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Packt Pub Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1782165843
• ISBN 13: 9781782165842
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 148
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile