Setup

1. Install Java

2. Check Java is installed and set in PATH

java -version

3. Install JMeter from binaries

4. Start JMeter from jmeter/bin: ApacheJMeter.jar file

Run performance tests

From command line / non-GUI mode

jmeter -n -t <jmeter_file.jmx> -l <location_result_file>

-n = execute jmeter in non gui mode

-t = location of jmeter script

-l = location of result file

Results

Used for testing

Websites

• Shop Demo QA
• Blaze Demo
• Ecommerce Lambda Test

APIs

• Library API
• Country Info

Notes

Thread properties:

• number of users
• ramp-up period (seconds)

Ramp-up is the amount of time it will take Apache JMeter™ to add all test users (threads) to a test execution. Or in other words, how long it will take for JMeter to start execution of all the threads.

Assertions

Common Assertions

• Response Assertion
• Duration Assertion
• Size Assertion
• HTML Assertion
• XPath Assertion (used for API)

Listeners

Listener is a component that shows the results of the samples. The results can be shown in a tree, tables, graphs or simply written to a log file

Latency = when starting to get the response

Throughput is a measure of how many units of work are being processed. In the case of load testing, this is usually hits per second, also known as requests per second.

View Results Tree should not be used for heavy load up.

Graph Results: usually we need to see Average and Throughput; this is also a high lead memory consumer listener, so it's not recomended to have it enabled while executing script with a heavy load.

Common Listeners

• View Results in Table
• View Results in Tree
• Aggregate Report
• Summary Report
• Graph Results
• Sample Data Writer - the only listener to use when running tests with heavy load (many users)

Tools available for recording UI web tests and export to JMeter

• Blazemeter - Chrome Plugin: can download .jmx file only when logged in
• export recorded requests from the "Network" tab from developer tools in form of .HAR file and convert this file into a JMeter test script using BlazeMeter Converter; this is not an easy solution for website which use lots of media resources as each is logged as an entry and becomes a request in JMeter plan.

Record navigations / actions on a website then export as .jmx file.