Apache JMeter Introduction, Download and Installation

Installation of JMeter · Select a .zip file and download the JMeter file · Unzip the folder to your computer · Go to Bin folder inside your JMeter ... 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Inthistutorial,wearegoingtolearnwhatisperformancetesting,whyJMeter,JMeterdownloadandinstallation,andJMetervsHPLoadRunner. PerformanceTestingwithJMeter:  PerformanceTestingisthe“Talkoftoday”.YouallknowwhatImean!!Yes,performancetestinghasbecomeoneofthemostimportantexpectationsofclients.Withsuchafastpacelife,noonewantsanappthatevenworks bitslowerthantheexpectedbenchmark. Wehavesuchanenormouscompetitioninamarketthatwecannotaffordtomissthe“P”conceptinatestinglifecycle. BeforewemoveontoexploreJmeteranditsinstallationprocess,weneedtoknowwhatisperformancetestingandhowJMeterasatoolsupportsperformancetesting. Performance: Justasstudentsneedtoperformwelltogetthemselvespromotedtonextlevel.Inthesameway,yourapplication(mobileorthewebordesktop)needstoperformwelltomovenextlevelinamarketwheretherearealotofcompetitors. Performancetestingmeasureshowwellyourapplicationisperformingunderadifferentworkload. Therearemanyparameterswhichareconsideredtodetermineiftheserverunderloadtestisbehavingwellandthosewillbediscussedlaterinthearticle. Let’stakeasimpleexample.Ityped“www.facebook.com”inmybrowseranditdisplayedtheFacebook’shomepageinapprox.10seconds.Nowsay1000peopletyped“www.facebook.com”andhitatthesametimeandGooglehomepagegetsdisplayedinmaybemorethan10seconds So,theperformancechangesunderdifferenceworkload(numberofusers).Thistypeoftestingisutmostimportantasnomatterhowgooddesignandfunctionalitiesyouhaveinyourapplicationbutifitsperformanceispoorthenyouhavehighchancesoflosingallyourpotentialtargetaudience Pleaserefertothediagrambelowformoreclarity: PerformanceTestingmajorlyconsidersbelowparameters: Throughput–Itisdefinedasanumberoftransactionspersecond.ForExample,let’ssayabankcustomercarecanhandleonly30callsatatime,sorestofcallersgetinaqueue.ItmeansthattheThroughputis30 ResponseTime–Thistimeisthetimetakenbytheusertoreceivetheresponsefromtheserver Latencyisthetimeinwhichthefirstbyteofinformationreachestheuserend.Forexample,saysauserhitsanHTTPrequesttoretrieveawebpage.So,thetimeinwhichthefirstbyteofthatwebpageisreceivedisthelatencyofthatrequest Scalability–Itreferstothemaximumloadanapplicationcanwithstand CPULoad,MemoryUsage,andResourceUsage WhatYouWillLearn:WhatisJMeter?WhyJMeter?       InstallationofJMeterCommonErrorsinJMeterInstallationComponentsofJMeterHPLoadRunnerv/sJMeterConclusionRecommendedReading WhatisJMeter? JMeterwasfirstdevelopedbyStefanoMazzocchiofApacheSoftware.Basically,JMeterisaJavabaseddesktopapplication.JMeterusesSwinggraphicalAPIwhichmeansthatitisnotimplementedbyplatform-specificcoding. Therefore,JMetercanrunonwindows,Linux,Macetc.ApacheJMeter3.1isthelatestversionavailableinthemarketasofnowwithsomemoreenhancementslinedupforfuture. BelowaresomeoftheprotocolssupportedbyJMeter: HTTP,HTTPS FTP JDBC SOAP SMTP,IMAP LDAP TCP WhyJMeter?       SincewehaveamarketfloodedwithperformancetestingtoolssuchasLoadRunner,RationalPerformanceTesting,VSTSandmuchmore,therearemanyreasonswhichpushcompaniesandQAteamstogoforJMeterastheirprimarytoolformeasuringperformance. BelowaresomeofthereasonswhichmakeJMeteroutweighothertoolsinthemarket: FreeTool–JMeterisafreetoolandiseasilyavailableonApachewebsite User-FriendlyInterface–JMeter’sinterfaceishighlyuser-friendlyandtesterscaneasilygetthemselvesfamiliarwithamajorityofitscomponents.Helpdocumentationforeverycomponentisavailableinsidethetool HighlyExtensible– Usercancreatehisownsampler(atypeofrequest)usingJSR223andtherearemanypluginsforSamplersavailablewhichallowtesterstoincreasetestingcapabilities ProtocolsSupport–JMeterisnotonlyusedforapplicationperformancetesting,itsupportsallmajorprotocolssuchasFTP,HTTP,JDBC,LDAP,SOAPetc. RecordingFeature–JMeterhasinbuiltHTTP(S)TestScriptRecorderwhichcanbeusedtorecordallactionsfromawebsiteormobileappandthenloadcanbesimulatedtotestperformanceundervariousloadconditions.Also,thereisachromeextensionavailabletorecordtheactionsandthenthesamescriptcanbeusedinJMetertoscaletheload IntegrationwithSelenium–YoucanalsointegrateJMeterwithSeleniumforAutomationtesting SimpleInstallation–InstallingJMeterisveryeasy.YouneedtohaveJavaInstalledonyourmachineanddownloadJMeterandrunthe.batfile Reports–JMeterprovidesthetree,graphs,tablerepresentationofresultswhichcanbeutilizedasperyourprojectdemand  InstallationofJMeter InstallationofJMeterisveryeasy.BeforeinstallingJMeter,pleaseseetheprerequisitesbelow: EnsurethatyouhaveJavainstalledonyourmachine.ToverifytheversionofJavawhichisinstalled,gotocommandpromptandtypejava–version IfJavaisnotInstalled: InCaseyoudon’thaveJavaInstalledthengotohttps://java.com/en/download/anddownloadthelatestJDKversionfromthere.InstalltheJavawithpackageinstaller OnceJavaisinstalled,youneedtosettheJAVA_HOMEvariable FollowthebelowstepstosetyourJAVA_HOME CheckforthedirectorywhereJavaisinstalled.Usually,itwouldbeinstalledsomewherein“C:\ProgramFiles\Java\jdk1.8.0_112” Right,Clickon“MyComputer”andopenpropertieswindow ClicktheEnvironmentVariablesbutton InSystemVariablessection,clickNew EnterJAVA_HOMEinvariablenametextfield ForVariableValueTextfield,enterJDK/JREinstallationpath.Forexample,“C:\ProgramFiles\Java\jdk1.8.0_112”inmycase ClickOK Ascreenshotbelowforyourreference: (Note:Clickonanyimageforenlargedview) Nowopenhttp://jmeter.apache.org/download_jmeter.cgi. Selecta.zipfileanddownloadtheJMeterfile Unzipthefoldertoyourcomputer GotoBinfolderinsideyourJMeterfolderandlaunchthe.batfile ThebatchfilewillrunforasecondandthenyourJMeterUIwillbelaunched.Seebelowforreference AbovestepscompleteJMeterinstallationprocess.Makesurethatyoudonotclosethe.exefileasthatwillalsocloseJMeterUI CommonErrorsinJMeterInstallation SinceJMeterinstallationisquitesimpleandwedon’tneedtorunanypackageorsetanypathwhileinstallingtool,henceyouwon’tfaceanyerrortilldownloadandunzippingfolder.CommonissuesfacedareonlyatthetimeoflaunchingJMeterusinga.batfile. “NotabletofindJavaexecutableorversion”isobserved. Belowaresomeofthepossibleresolutionstomakethatwork: CheckthatPATHvariableinEnvironmentsettingsandverifythatthedirectorycontainingyourjava.exeisthereinthepath Rightclickonthe.batJMeterfileandselect“RunasAdministrator”,itworkssometimes ComponentsofJMeter TestPlan WorkBench ThreadGroup Samplers Listeners ConfigElement Pre-Processor PostProcessor LogicControllers Assertions Timer HTTP(S)ScriptRecorder HPLoadRunnerv/sJMeter AmarketisfloodedwithperformancetestingtoolssuchasNeoLoad,LoadRunner,VSTSetc.henceitisutmostimportanttoknowwheredoesJMeterfitsin.LoadRunnerisamajorplayerintermsofperformancetestingduetoitsextensivelyhightechnicalsupportbutitisahighlypaidtoolwithonelicensecostingtoomuchforasmall-scaleenterprise. BelowaresomeofthedifferencebetweenLoadRunnerandJMeterwhichmakesJMeteranobviouschoiceforthemajority. JmeterLoadRunner OpenSourcetoolandfreetouseHPProductandlicenseisverycostly.Smallenterprisescannotafford. Protocolssupportislimited.LoadRunnerhasthehighestprotocolssupport. JmeterisaJavabasedproductandusessprintbasedAPIwhichmakesitplatformindependentandcanrunonanyenvironmentbeitwin,mac,Linux.ItusesCbasedlanguage,Java,JavaScriptandVB. LoadGenerationcapacityislimited.OnamachinewithhighRAMandprocessor,Jmetercangenerateloadof1-2kusersonly.Puttingmoreloadmayresultsinoutofmemoryexceptions.LoadGenerationcapacityishigherascomparedtoJmeter. TechnicalproficiencyislessinJmeter.LoadRunnerishighlytechnicalproficient. Jmeterhaslotsofcomplexitiesrunningincloud.LoadRunneriseasilyrunnableincloudenvironmenttoo. RecordingfeatureinJmeterisveryeasyandsupportsextensibilitytoo.TherearechromepluginsfromwherescriptscanbedirectlyimportedinJmeter.RecordingfeatureinLoadRunnerislittlecomplexascomparedtoJmeter. Jmeter'sresultsarenotthereal-timeones.LoadRunnerprovidescomparativelymorerealtimeresults JmeterisnotthatefficientwhenusedforenterpriseproductslikeSAP.LoadRunnerprovidesefficientresultsevenwithSAP,Siebeletc. Conclusion JMeterisapowerfultoolinthemarketfortestingthewebandmobileapplications.Itisveryeasytouseanddoesn’trequiremuchprogrammingskillsunlessoneiswritinghisownsamplersinJMeter.Wewillbecoveringdetailsofeachcomponentinupcomingseriesofarticles. =>AlsowatchJMeterinstallationvideotutorial AbouttheAuthor: ThankstoHasneetforcreatingthiswonderfulJMetertutorialtrainingseries.HeisworkingasaQualityAssuranceLead with5+yearsofextensiveexperienceworkingonvarioustestingprojects. ContinuetoPartII–Thesecondpartofthistutorialisonthe“JMeterComponentsInDetails”. Pleaseshareyourcommentsorquestionswithus. =>ClickhereforJMeterTutorials:TheCompleteFreeTrainingOnJMeter(20+Videos) RecommendedReading JMeterVideo1:Introduction,JMeterDownloadandInstall TestingPrimereBookDownload DatabaseTestingWithJMeter HowToAchieveJMeterCorrelationWithExample JmeterTestPlanandWorkBench Top5JMeterPluginsAndHowToUsethem(WithExamples) JMeterTimers:Constant,BeanShellAndGuassianRandomTimer NeoloadTutorial:NeoloadIntroduction,DownloadandInstallation 5thoughtson“ApacheJMeterIntroduction,DownloadandInstallation” lookslikeagoodopensourceoption.thankyouforthedetailedinstallationguide. 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