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    Performance Testing with JMeter 3 - Third Edition
    Performance Testing with JMeter 3 - Third Edition
    Performance Testing with JMeter 3 - Third Edition
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    Performance Testing with JMeter 3 - Third Edition

    By Bayo Erinle

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    About this ebook

    A practical guide to help you undertand the ability of Apache jMeter to load and performance test various server types in a more efficient way.

    About This Book
    • Use jMeter to create and run tests to improve the performance of your webpages and applications
    • Learn to build a test plan for your websites and analyze the results
    • Unleash the power of various features and changes introduced in Apache jMeter 3.0
    Who This Book Is For

    This book is for software professionals who want to understand and improve the performance of their applications with Apache jMeter.

    What You Will Learn
    • See why performance testing is necessary and learn how to set up JMeter
    • Record and test with JMeter
    • Handle various form inputs in JMeter and parse results during testing
    • Manage user sessions in web applications in the context of a JMeter test
    • Monitor JMeter results in real time
    • Perform distributed testing with JMeter
    • Get acquainted with helpful tips and best practices for working with JMeter
    In Detail

    JMeter is a Java application designed to load and test performance for web application. JMeter extends to improve the functioning of various other static and dynamic resources. This book is a great starting point to learn about JMeter. It covers the new features introduced with JMeter 3 and enables you to dive deep into the new techniques needed for measuring your website performance.

    The book starts with the basics of performance testing and guides you through recording your first test scenario, before diving deeper into JMeter. You will also learn how to configure JMeter and browsers to help record test plans.

    Moving on, you will learn how to capture form submission in JMeter, dive into managing sessions with JMeter and see how to leverage some of the components provided by JMeter to handle web application HTTP sessions. You will also learn how JMeter can help monitor tests in real-time.

    Further, you will go in depth into distributed testing and see how to leverage the capabilities of JMeter to accomplish this. You will get acquainted with some tips and best practices with regard to performance testing. By the end of the book, you will have learned how to take full advantage of the real power behind Apache JMeter.

    Style and approach

    The book is a practical guide starting with introducing the readers to the importance of automated testing. It will then be a beginner's journey from getting introduced to Apache jMeter to an in-detail discussion of more advanced features and possibilities with it.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPackt Publishing
    Release dateJul 21, 2017
    ISBN9781787283213
    Performance Testing with JMeter 3 - Third Edition
    Author

    Bayo Erinle

    Bayo Erinle is a senior software engineer with over nine years' experience in designing, developing, testing, and architecting software.He has worked in various spectrums of the IT field,including government, finance, and health care.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 he is not hacking away at some new technology,he enjoys spending time with his wife Nimota and their three children, Mayowa, Durotimi, and Fisayo.

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      Performance Testing with JMeter 3 - Third Edition - Bayo Erinle

      Performance Testing with JMeter 3

      Performance Testing with JMeter 3

      Third Edition

      Enhance the performance of your web application

      Bayo Erinle

      BIRMINGHAM - MUMBAI

      Performance Testing with JMeter 3

      Third Edition

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      Credits

      About the Author

      Bayo Erinle is an author and senior software engineer with over 14 years of experience in designing, developing, testing, and architecting software. He has worked in various spectrums of the IT field, including government, commercial, finance, and health care. As a result, he has been involved in the planning, development, implementation, integration, operations, and testing of numerous applications, including multitiered, standalone, distributed, and cloud-based applications. He is passionate about programming, performance, operations, scalability, and all things technical. He is always intrigued by new technology and enjoys learning new things.

      He currently resides in Maryland, US, and when he is not hacking away at some new technology, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Nimota, and their three children, Mayowa, Durotimi, and Fisayo.

      He also authored Performance Testing with JMeter 2.9 (first edition and second edition) and JMeter Cookbook, both by Packt.

      Acknowledgments

      I would like to thank all those people who helped make this book a reality. First, I want to thank God for the strength; through Him, I can do all things! Secondly, Nimota, my wife, for her encouragement, support, and picking up the slack while I took time to write the book. Thanks to my kids for their several hugs, kisses, and amusement to keep me going. Thanks to the folks at Packt for believing in me enough to give me yet another opportunity to author the third edition of this book. Lastly, thanks to the readers of the first and second editions of this book, and to all the future readers of this edition; your support is greatly appreciated.

      About the Reviewers

      Ripon Al Wasim has over 16 years of experience in the software industry. His professional experiences include software development, functional and non-functional testing (both manual and automated testing). He currently works as senior software engineer at Cefalo Bangladesh Ltd. (http://www.cefalo.com/).

      Ripon is a hunter of new technology and is very passionate about test automation.

      He is an active participant in the professional community of Stack Overflow: http://stackoverflow.com/users/617450/ripon-al-wasim.

      Ripon is the author of Mastering Selenium Testing Tools (https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/mastering-selenium-testing-tools-video), a video tutorial published by Packt.

      He has reviewed the following books published by Packt:

      Selenium WebDriver Practical Guide (https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/selenium-webdriver-practical-guide).

      Performance Testing with JMeter - Second Edition (https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/performance-testing-jmeter-second-edition).

      Mastering Selenium WebDriver (https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/mastering-selenium-webdriver).

      I would like to thank my mother for always praying for me. In my spare time, I love to spend time with my wife, Koly, as well as my twin babies, Nawar and Nazif.

      Vinay Madan is currently a QA Lead with SecurePay (www.securepay.com.au). He has more than 10 years of experience in the diversified fields of software testing, quality assurance, test management, and agile software development.

      He has worked on projects for leading international clients for payment gateway, eWallet, smart cards issuance, big data, security, telecom, and e-learning. He is an avid learner with strong technical expertise in functional and performance testing tools such as Selenium, QTP, Cucumber, Serenity BDD, JMeter, and Load Runner.

      Over the years, Vinay has worked with multiple software methodologies, including Agile, Scrum, and Customized Waterfall for Windows, the web, and mobile. He is passionate about automation and open source technologies, and loves sharing his knowledge on blogs and forums.

      Thank you, mom, for everything. I would also like to thank my wife for her everlasting love and support.

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      Table of Contents

      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

      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 Java JDK

      Setting up JAVA_HOME

      On Windows

      On Unix

      Running JMeter

      Command-line options

      JMeter's classpath

      Configuring a proxy server

      Running in non-GUI mode

      Running in server mode

      Overriding properties

      Tracking errors during test execution

      Configuring JMeter

      Summary

      Recording Your First Test

      Configuring the JMeter HTTP(S) Test Script Recorder

      Setting up your browser to use the proxy server

      Using a browser extension

      Changing the machine system settings

      Running your first recorded scenario

      Excilys bank case study

      Parameterizing the script

      Extracting information during test run

      Anatomy of a JMeter test

      Test plan

      Thread groups

      Controllers

      Samplers

      Logic controllers

      Test fragments

      Listeners

      Timers

      Assertions

      Configuration elements

      Preprocessor and Postprocessor elements

      Summary

      Submitting Forms

      Capturing simple forms

      Handling checkboxes

      Handling radio buttons

      Handling file uploads

      Handling file downloads

      Posting JSON data

      Reading JSON data

      Using JSR223 PostProcessor

      Handling XML responses

      Summary

      Managing Sessions

      Managing sessions with cookies

      Managing sessions with URL rewriting

      Summary

      Monitoring Tests in Real-Time

      Setting up InfluxDB

      Setting up Grafana

      Creating an InfluxDB database for our test plan

      Connecting Grafana to the database

      Putting it all together

      Importing the Grafana dashboard

      Summary

      Distributed Testing

      Remote testing with JMeter

      Configuring JMeter slave nodes

      Configuring one slave per machine

      Configuring the master node

      Configuring multiple slave nodes on a single box

      Configuring the master node

      Leveraging the cloud for distributed testing

      Obtaining your access key, secret key, and key pair

      Launching the AWS instance

      Executing the test plan

      Viewing the results from the virtual machines

      Using cloud services

      Using Flood.io

      Using BlazeMeter

      Summary

      Helpful Tips - Part 1

      Dummy Sampler

      Debug Sampler

      JDBC Request Sampler

      Setting up the H2 database

      Configuring a JDBC Connection Configuration component

      Adding a JDBC Request Sampler

      Using a MongoDB Sampler

      Summary

      Helpful Tips - Part 2

      JMeter properties and variables

      JMeter functions

      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 Regular Expression tester

      The JSON Path Extractor element

      Handling RESTful web services

      Working with the reporting dashboard

      Summary

      Preface

      Performance testing is a type of testing intended to determine the responsiveness, reliability, throughput, interoperability, and scalability of a system and/or application under a given workload. It is critical and essential to the success of any software product's launch and maintenance. It also plays an integral part in scaling an application out to support a wider user base.

      Apache JMeter is a free and open source, cross-platform performance testing tool that has been around since the late 90s. It is mature, robust, portable, and highly extensible. It has a large user base and offers a lot of plugins to aid testing.

      This is a practical hands-on book that focuses on how to leverage Apache JMeter to meet your testing needs. It starts with a quick introduction on performance testing, but quickly moves into engaging topics including recording test scripts, monitoring system resources, an extensive look at several JMeter components, leveraging the cloud for testing, extending Apache JMeter capabilities via plugins, and so on. Along the way, you will do some scripting, learn and use tools such as Vagrant and Apache Tomcat, and be armed with all the knowledge you need to take on your next testing engagement.

      Whether you are a developer or tester, this book is sure to impact you with some valuable knowledge to aid you in attaining success in your future testing endeavors.

      What this book covers

      Chapter 1, Performance Testing Fundamentals, covers the fundamentals of performance testing and the installation and configuration of JMeter.

      Chapter 2, Recording Your First Test, dives into recording your first JMeter test script and covers the anatomy of a JMeter test script.

      Chapter 3, Submitting Forms, explores form submission in detail. It includes handling various HTML form elements (checkboxes, radio, file uploads and downloads, and so on), JSON data, and XML.

      Chapter 4, Managing Sessions, explains session management, including cookies and URL rewriting.

      Chapter 5, Monitoring Tests in Real-Time, focuses

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