Pro Apache JMeter: web application performance testing

Quickly ramp up your practical knowledge of Apache JMeter for software performance testing and focus on actual business problems. This step-by-step guide covers what you will need to know to write and execute test scripts, and verify the results. Pro Apache JMeter covers almost every aspect of Apache JMeter in detail and includes helpful screenshots and a case study. A performance primer chapter provides a high-level summary of terms used in performance testing on a day-to-day basis that also is useful for non-technical readers. A sample web application Digital Toys has been developed and test scripts are provided for you to try while progressing through the chapters. What You'll Learn: Create and execute an Apache JMeter test plan Interpret the results of your test plan Understand distributed testing using Apache JMeter Use Apache JMeter advanced features such as JDBC, REST, FTP, AJAX, SOAP, and mobile performance testing Read a sample case study covering end-to-end planning and execution of a performance testing project Generate and analyze a performance dashboard.

At a Glance; Contents; About the Authors; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Foundation; Why Performance Testing?; Why JMeter?; Chapter 2: Performance Testing Primer; Performance Testing; Response Time; Throughput; Utilization; Robustness; Scalability; User Perception; Cost; Types of Performance Tests; Stress Tests; Load Tests; Peak Load Tests; Soak Tests or Endurance Tests; Scalability Tests; Capacity Tests; Spike Tests and Burst Capacity; Performance Smoke Tests; High Availability Test/Fail-Over Tests; The Performance Test Environment.

The Need for Separate Performance EnvironmentThe Performance Environment Should Be Like the Production Environment; The Performance Environment Should Be Isolated; Performance Testing Tools; The Performance Testing Strategy Document; Performance Requirements; Performance Goals; Performance Test Suite; Performance Reporting and Analysis; Performance Tuning; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Your First JMeter Test; Components of a JMeter Test; Test Plan; Thread Group; Controller; Sampler; Listener; Timer; Assertions; Config Element; Pre-Processors; Post-Processors; Order of Component Execution.

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