How to Simplify Load Testing: JMeter and Beyond
- 1. How to Simplify Load Testing: JMeter and Beyond New York, 28th of June, 2016 by Andrey Pokhilko, BlazeMeter Inc.
- 2. Part 1 News From the JMeter World
- 3. JMeter 3.0 Release Truly major, Java 7 Keyboard shortcuts HTTP protocol support improved JSON Extractor Many other things (see article + webinar)
- 4. Plugins Manager Install, upgrade, uninstall (including core items) 60+ plugins in catalog No unused stuff anymore Faster JMeter startup Frequent plugin releases Independent plugin vendors
- 5. Step-by-Step Debugger for JMeter Reveals true execution flow Breakpoints! Shows intermediate state “Evaluate expression” Available through Plugins Manager https://github.com/Blazemeter/jmeter-debugger
- 6. Any Questions on the JMeter Part?
- 7. Part 2 What is better than JMeter?
- 8. Zoom-out Look at the Process
- 9. Load Generating Zoom-out Look at the Process Parallel Tasks Post-ProcessingPreparations Restart Server Shuffle CSV Generate CSV from DB Check Service is Alive Collect Logs Profile Memory Snapshot Thread Dumps Track Live Results Check Stop Criteria Send Alerts Analyze Results Compare to Baseline Collect Artifacts
- 10. DevOps Style for Tools Web 2.0 In the cloud Visual Collaborative Command-Line Come to the Dark Side Simple and efficient Inherent automation
- 11. Codename: Taurus Enable DevOps style Not to replace JMeter, but to add features on top of it Democratize the tools space http://gettaurus.org
- 12. In a Nutshell Text-based configuration file format Executed by command-line tool That wraps existing load generating tools And connects to Web 2.0 services bztYAML JSON JMeterJMeterJMeter Scaling Reporting
- 13. Minimalistic Config Syntax Very easy to start Installs tools itself Working test is as simple as: --- execution: - scenario: requests: - http://blazedemo.com/
- 14. Minimalistic Config Syntax Gradually improving VCS-friendly Supports all aspects of the process --- execution: - scenario: requests: - http://blazedemo.com/ VS
- 15. Supported Generators: 9 and counting... JMeter Gatling Grinder Siege Apache Benchmark Selenium (pure!) Locust Tsung PBench
- 16. Supports Your Own Generator Tool Custom protocol Encryption Very complex logic If you’re ready for it... Taurus is built with such cases in mind!
- 17. “Pure” Selenium Support Executes existing Java or Python Virtual Display support for headless environments Enables real-browser load tests
- 18. Supports Multiple Tests at Once Value of multi-execution configs All the JMXses at once Heterogeneous tests Trick with Selenium concurrency
- 19. Operational Efficiency Multiple config files Personal config Command-line overrides and aliases Artifact approach It’s all waiting for you to enjoy!
- 20. Reporting Services No lost reports anymore Professional features Interactive Collaborative
- 21. Scaling Service
- 22. Jenkins-Friendly Fits into Jenkins by design Ships special features for Jenkins Reporting and scaling apply
- 23. Any Questions on the Taurus Part? http://gettaurus.org/
Editor's Notes
- #10: Get a clear overview of the entire load testing process - from preparation to post-analysis