Performance and Load Testing

By   Sindhu KP

Introduction to Performance Testing

• Is a type of software testing that intends to determine how a system performs in terms of responsiveness and stability under a certain load.
  

                                                             Types of Testing:

1. Stress Testing
2. Volume testing
3. Load Testing
4. Endurance Testing
5. Spike Testing
   

Why Performance Testing? How is it different from functional and performance testing?

Why Jmeter ? And advantages

1. Open Source
2. Ease to use
3. Platform Independent
4. Robust Reporting
5. Ultimate testing
6. Flexibility
7. Scripting is not Essential
8. Support Multi-Protocol

How Jmeter works

Jmeter Basic Elements

1. Test Plan
2. Thread Group
3. Listener
4. Assertion
5. Logic Controller
   
6. Timer
   
7. Sampler
   
8. Config Element
   
9. Pre-Processor/Post-Processor

Test Plan and Thread Group

Handling Dynamic elements

• Data Driven testing with Jmeter
• BeanShell scripting

Jmeter Distributed Mode

Monitoring Server Performance

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