JMeter: Performance and Load Testing

33mIntermediate2019-02-07

Authors

Mike Smith

R&D architect

Course details

Interested in adding load testing to your professional tool kit? In this course, learn how to use Apache JMeter, a popular open-source performance testing tool, to create and execute load tests that help you highlight performance issues in your software. Instructor Mike Smith takes you through the installation and setup of JMeter and JRE on Windows, and then shows how to create and run your first load test. Mike also goes over how to improve your load test by adding timers and assertions, how to run your load test through the CLI, and how to view your results in different ways by creating an HTML dashboard at CLI runtime.

Learning objectives
What is load testing and why do we do it?
Creating and running load tests
Improving a test by adding timers and assertions
Running your load test through the CLI
Saving CLI results to a .jtl file
Importing a .jtl file to JMeter graphs
Creating an HTML dashboard at CLI runtime

Skills covered

Apache JMeterSoftware Quality AssuranceApacheSoftware TestingLearningSoftware Development

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Testing with JMeter
02 - What you should know
03 - What is load testing and why do we do it

1. Getting Started

04 - Installing JMeter and JRE
05 - Installing graph plugins
06 - Creating a load test
07 - Adding a thread group
08 - Adding a sampler
09 - Adding a listener
10 - Running your first load test

2. Improving the Test

11 - Adding timers
12 - Adding assertions
13 - Adding HTTP managers

3. JMeter CLI

14 - Why use the command line
15 - Opening JMeter through the CLI
16 - Running your load test through the CLI
17 - Saving CLI results to a .jtl file

4. Viewing the Results

18 - Importing a .jtl file to JMeter graphs
19 - Creating an HTML dashboard at CLI runtime
20 - Viewing the dashboard
21 - Pros and cons

Conclusion

22 - Next steps