Introduction.
The Apache JMeter is pure Java open source software, which was first developed by Stefano Masochism of the Apache Software Foundation, designed to load test functional behavior and measure performance.
You can use JMeter to analyze and measure the performance of web application or a variety of services.
JMeter simulates a group of users sending requests to a target server, and return
statistics information of target server through graphical diagrams.
- Open-source license: JMeter is totally free, allows developer to use the source code for the development
- Friendly GUI: JMeter is extremely easy to use and doesn’t take time to get familiar with it
- Platform independent: JMeter is 100% pure Java desktop application. So it can run on multiple platforms
- Full multithreading framework. JMeter allows concurrent and simultaneous sampling of different functions by a separate thread group
- Visualize Test Result: Test result can be displayed in a different format such as chart, table, tree and log file
- Easy installation: You just copy and run the *.bat file to run JMeter. No installation needed.
- Highly Extensible: You can write your own tests. JMeter also supports visualization plugins allow you to extend your testing
You can downloads the JMeter using this link.
Run the jmeter.
Below you can see the UI with no test planning in the software.
This is how to create the threats using the software.
Let’s see the how add liners.
see the results of test plan, add listener named “” by navigating to ‘Right click thread group -> Add -> Listener -> View Results Tree’.
