JMeter Cookbook

Bayo Erinle

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2014
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781783988280
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Computer Science General
• Index: Computer Science

Performance testing is critical to the success of any software product launch and continued scalability. No matter the size of the user base of an application, it is crucial to deliver the best user experience to consumers. Apache JMeter is an excellent testing tool that provides an insight on how applications might behave under load, allowing organizations to focus on making adequate preparations for the delivery of quality, robust, and foolproof applications to stakeholders.

This hands-on guide will equip you with the all the skills you need to effectively use JMeter to test web applications and supporting services. With over 50 carefully selected recipes, you will learn how to take full advantage of JMeter for all your testing needs, overcome any challenges you face, and optimize the knowledge you already have.

JMeter Cookbook

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Table of Contents

JMeter Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. JMeter Fundamentals

Introduction

Executing a test script

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

An example of running in non-GUI mode

Recording a script via HTTP(S) Test Script Recorder

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Changing the machine system settings

See also

Recording scripts via the Chrome browser extension

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Converting HTTP web archives (HAR) to JMeter test plans

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Viewing and analyzing test results

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Feeding data into a script

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Using timers

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Managing HTTP user sessions

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Testing Single Page Applications (SPAs)

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Testing AJAX-centric applications

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more...

2. Handling Responses

Introduction

Using Regular Expression Extractor

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Using Regular Expression Tester

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Using CSS/jQuery Extractor

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Using XPath Extractor

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Dealing with file downloads

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Handling XML responses

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Handling JSON responses

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Handling HTML responses

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Using Response Assertion

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Using Duration Assertion

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Uploading files with your scripts

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

3. Building Robust Test Plans with Controllers

Introduction

Using Transaction Controller in test plans

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Using Loop Controller in test plans

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Leveraging ForEach Controller in test plans

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Using Interleave and Random Controller in test plans

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Using Runtime Controller in test plans

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

4. Testing Services

Introduction

Testing REST web services

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Testing SOAP web services

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Testing FTP services

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Testing relational databases

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Testing NoSQL databases

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Testing JMS services

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

5. Diving into Distributed Testing

Introduction

Testing applications with JMeter's master-slave setup

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Testing internal applications using JMeter and Vagrant

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more...

Testing external facing applications using JMeter, Vagrant, and AWS

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Testing external facing applications using Flood.IO

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Testing external facing applications using BlazeMeter

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

6. Extending JMeter

Introduction

Using REST Sampler

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Using Ultimate Thread Group

How to do it…

How it works…

See also

Using Throughput Shaping Timer

How to do it…

How it works…

See also

Using Console Status Logger

How to do it…

How it works…

Using Dummy Sampler

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

Developing custom JMeter plugins

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Testing WebSocket-enabled applications

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

7. Building, Debugging, and Analyzing the Results of Test Plans

Introduction

Using the View Results Tree listener

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Using the Aggregate Report listener

How to do it…

How it works…

See also

Debugging with Debug Sampler

How to do it…

How it works…

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