About Testing

• Introduction to Non-Functional testing

• Need for Non-Functional testing

• Types of Non-Functional testing

• Introduction to Performance Testing

• Performance Testing components

• Performance testing and tuning

• Baselines

• The incident

• The aftermath

Performance Testing Using Jmeter

• JMeter: The preferred tool for Performance Testing

• Introduction to Apache JMeter

• Elements of JMeter

• Performance testing using JMeter

• Assertions, controllers, and processors in JMeter

• JMeter best practices

• JMeter to the rescue

• Up and running with JMeter

• Installation

• Installing the Java JDK

• Setting JAVA_HOME

• Running JMeter

• Tracking errors during test execution

• Configuring JMeter

Load and Stress Testing

• What is Load testing

• Need for Load testing

• Objectives of Load testing

• How to perform Load testing using JMeter

• What is Stress testing

• Need for Stress testing

• Purpose of Stress testing

• How to perform Stress testing using JMeter

Recording Your First Test

• Configuring the JMeter HTTP proxy server

• Setting up your browser to use the proxy server

• Using a browser extension

• Changing the system settings

• Running your first recorded scenario

• Anatomy of a JMeter test

• Test Plan

• Thread Groups

• Controllers

• Samplers

• Logic controllers

• Test fragments

• Listeners

• Timers

• Assertions

• Configuration elements

• Pre-processor and post-processor elements

• Summary

Submitting Forms

• Capturing simple forms

• Handling checkboxes

• Handling radio buttons

• Handling file uploads

• Handling file download

• Handling the XML response

• Summary

Managing Sessions

• Managing sessions with cookies

• Managing sessions with URL rewriting

• Summary