Introduction to performance testing

• What is performance testing?
• Why we need performance testing?
• Test Architecture
• How to do performance testing?
• Performance testing tools available in market

Types of performance testing

• Smoke Test
• Load Test
• Stress Test
• Endurance Test
• Spike Test
• Volume Test

Performance Test Life Cycle

• Requirement Gatherings
• Test Strategy/Planning
• Design – Scripting
• Monitoring and Execution
• Analysis and Reports

JMeter Basics

• Pre-Requisites for installation
• Installation of Tool
• Terminology used in performance testing
• Types of testing can be executed on JMeter

Components of JMeter

• Test plan, Thread Group, Workbench
• Samplers
• Logic Controllers
• Assertions
• Timers
• Pre-Processor
• Post Processor
• Listeners

Recording with JMeter

• Proxy Settings
• What to Record?
• What Not to Record?
• Recording Procedure

Enhancements in Scripts

• Parameterization
• What is parameterization?
• How to implement parameterization in JMeter?
• Types of parameterization in JMeter
• How to use parameterization in execution
• Correlations
• What is Correlation?
• How to correlate values?
• Which values need to be correlated?
• Arguments in the correlation function
• How to pick random/sequential values from correlation
• Validations
• Miscellaneous Features
• Debug Sampler
• setUp Thread Group
• Debugging Script
• Assertions
• Think Times and Transaction Names

Error Handling Functions in JMeter

• Time
• StringFromFile
• CSVRead
• Random
• UUID
• Urlencode
• Urldecode

Plugin of JMeter

• Standard Set
• Extra Set

Creation of Load test

• Merging Thread Groups
• Assigning Users
• Ramp-up
• Loop Count
• Scheduler
• Adding Listeners

Execution and Monitoring of Load Tests

• Viewing Results using Aggregate Report
• Viewing Results using Plug-ins
• Monitoring App/Web/DB Servers from JMeter

Reporting in JMeter

• Client Side Metrics
• Server Side Metrics
• Test Results Overview

Remote Testing with JMeter

• Running JMeter scripts in multiple systems

Templates In JMeter

• What are Templates
• Benefits of creating and using templates
• Creating and Configuring templates

API Testing

• REST API Test
• SOAPUI Test

Extending JMeter (Only Overview is provided, No Code)

• Using Bean shell sampler
• Basic overview of how to extend JMeter source code

Case Study

• Case study is performed to give a real time exposure of hands on with JMeter