Continuous Integration - Load/Performance Testing tools
1. HP LoadRunner Performance testing for websites is something which, in the past, was mostly done with software tools installed on local machines. Take for example HP's LoadRunner , probably the most well known tool in the world of performance testing (it’s been around for a while). 2. JMeter - Advanced Open Source Option JMeter is an open source project that is very similar to LoadRunner as far as technical capabilities go. It essentially runs simulated, virtual users that make all of the requests that a real browser would make. The JMeter Challenge Like many open source, developer-oriented platforms, the real challenge with JMeter is that it was written with a focus on technical functionality and not on user experience. For example, in JMeter, a virtual user is called a ‘thread’, whereas other tools use the terms 'virtual user', 'simulated user', or even simply, 'user'. JMeter also makes use of the term 'sampler', whi...