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My problem with JMeter (and load testing in general) is that all the recommended tools are extremely powerful if you know what you're doing, but provide little
by nerdponx 4y ago
My problem with JMeter (and load testing in general) is that all the recommended tools are extremely powerful if you know what you're doing, but provide little guidance if you aren't already an expert. I would love an old school "wizard" app that generates a sensible JMeter config for me.
I've just been using the Apache Benchmark "ab" tool with mostly-default settings for now.
- i_like_apis 4y agoA wizard is an interesting idea. As for learning load testing, it's mostly medium-easy in terms of effort and understanding required; it requires a little bit of effort to know what you're doing. Also a bit of scientific common sense and maybe some knowledge of statistics helps. I think any of these are probably good. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=jmeter https://www.amazon.com/s?k=jmeter I read a Packt or Apress one that had more than enough on how to use it. I don't remember which one though.
- yabones 4y agoJmeter does have a proxy mode that records your traffic and saves it to a working config. From there you can tweak timings, add variables, loops, etc. It's a decent starting place if you have no experience with building load testing plans. https://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/jmeter_proxy_step_by_step.html https://jmeter.apache.org/usermanual/jmeter_proxy_step_by_st...