For me, Non gui has no meaning for newbies . I think cli is ok and understandable , since afaik we use an avalon version of cli that we should probably migrate one day to commons-cli from apache.
I still see (on twitter, stackoverflow, private mails) a lot of newbies and even users not being aware of the non gui mode and I think it's due to the name. Clo is more meaningful. We must make it clear that cli is for load testing, gui for building/debugging. Regards On Wednesday, November 2, 2016, Milamber <[email protected]> wrote: > > + <li><b><a href="usermanual/get-started.html#non_gui">CLI mode (NON >> GUI)</a></b> to load test from any Java compatible OS (Windows, Linux, >> Mac)</li> >> > > > I'm not sure that the CLI mode = Non GUI. > In my mind, the CLI mode is a command line mode to have interactive > actions with JMeter with command line (like bash in Linux, or wsadmin.sh > with WebSphere, or jboss-cli.sh with JBoss) > > CLI means : command-line interface or command language interpreter (so > means that JMeter a CLI interperter ?) > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command-line_interface > > > > > On 31/10/2016 15:51, [email protected] wrote: > >> Author: pmouawad >> Date: Mon Oct 31 15:51:15 2016 >> New Revision: 1767314 >> >> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1767314&view=rev >> Log: >> Rework presentation >> Highlight features >> >> Modified: >> jmeter/trunk/xdocs/index.xml >> >> Modified: jmeter/trunk/xdocs/index.xml >> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/jmeter/trunk/xdocs/index.xml?re >> v=1767314&r1=1767313&r2=1767314&view=diff >> ============================================================ >> ================== >> --- jmeter/trunk/xdocs/index.xml (original) >> +++ jmeter/trunk/xdocs/index.xml Mon Oct 31 15:51:15 2016 >> @@ -34,20 +34,17 @@ >> <h2>What can I do with it?</h2> >> <p> >> Apache JMeter may be used to test performance both on static and >> dynamic >> - resources (Webservices (SOAP/REST), Web dynamic languages - PHP, >> Java, ASP.NET, Files, etc. -, Java Objects, Data Bases and >> - Queries, FTP Servers and more). It can be used to simulate a heavy >> -load on a server, group of servers, network or object to test its >> strength or to analyze >> -overall performance under different load types. You can use it to make a >> -graphical analysis of performance or to test your server/script/object >> -behavior under heavy concurrent load. >> -</p> >> -<h2>What does it do?</h2> >> + resources , Web dynamic applications. <br/> >> + It can be used to simulate a heavy load on a server, group of >> servers, >> + network or object to test its strength or to analyze overall >> performance >> + under different load types.<br/> >> + </p> >> <p>Apache JMeter features include:</p> >> <ul> >> - <li>Ability to load and performance test many different >> server/protocol types: >> + <li>Ability to load and performance test many different >> applications/server/protocol types: >> <ul> >> - <li>Web - HTTP, HTTPS</li> >> - <li>SOAP / REST</li> >> + <li>Web - HTTP, HTTPS (Java, NodeJS, PHP, ASP.NET...)</li> >> + <li>SOAP / REST Webservices</li> >> <li>FTP</li> >> <li>Database via JDBC</li> >> <li>LDAP</li> >> @@ -55,12 +52,17 @@ behavior under heavy concurrent load. >> <li>Mail - SMTP(S), POP3(S) and IMAP(S)</li> >> <li>Native commands or shell scripts</li> >> <li>TCP</li> >> + <li>Java Objects</li> >> </ul> >> </li> >> + <li>Full featured Test IDE that allows faster Test Plan >> <b>recording, building and debugging</b>.</li> >> + <li><b><a href="usermanual/get-started.html#non_gui">CLI mode (NON >> GUI)</a></b> to load test from any Java compatible OS (Windows, Linux, >> Mac)</li> >> + <li>Analysis of Load Test thanks to a clear, complete and dynamic >> <b><a href="usermanual/generating-dashboard.html" >ready to present HTML >> report</a></b></li> >> + <li>Easy correlation for most popular formats, <b><a >> href="usermanual/component_reference.html#CSS/JQuery_Extractor" >> >HTML</a>, <a href="usermanual/component_reference.html#JSON_Extractor" >> >JSON </a>, >> + <a href="usermanual/component_reference.html#XPath_Extractor" >> >XML</a> or <a href="usermanual/component_ref >> erence.html#Regular_Expression_Extractor" >any textual >> format</a></b></li> >> <li>Complete portability and <b>100% Java purity</b>.</li> >> - <li>Full <b>multithreading</b> framework allows concurrent sampling >> by many threads and >> + <li>Full <b>multi-threading</b> framework allows concurrent sampling >> by many threads and >> simultaneous sampling of different functions by separate thread >> groups.</li> >> - <li>Careful <b>GUI</b> design allows faster Test Plan building and >> debugging.</li> >> <li>Caching and offline analysis/replaying of test results.</li> >> <li><b>Highly Extensible core:</b> >> <ul> >> @@ -69,20 +71,10 @@ behavior under heavy concurrent load. >> <li>Data analysis and <b>visualization plugins</b> allow great >> extensibility >> as well as personalization.</li> >> <li>Functions can be used to provide dynamic input to a test or >> provide data manipulation.</li> >> - <li><b>Scriptable Samplers</b> (BeanShell, BSF-compatible >> languages and JSR223-compatible languages)</li> >> + <li><b>Scriptable Samplers</b> (JSR223-compatible languages (<a >> href="http://groovy-lang.org";>Groovy</a>) and BeanShell)</li> >> </ul> >> </li> >> </ul> >> -<h2>JMeter is not a browser</h2> >> -<p> >> -JMeter is not a browser. >> -As far as web-services and remote services are concerned, JMeter looks >> like a browser (or rather, multiple browsers); >> -however JMeter does not perform all the actions supported by browsers. >> -In particular, JMeter does not execute the Javascript found in HTML >> pages. >> -Nor does it render the HTML pages as a browser does >> -(it's possible to view the response as HTML etc., but the timings are >> not included in any samples, and only one sample in one thread is ever >> viewed at a time). >> -</p> >> - >> <h2>How do I do it?</h2> >> <ul> >> <li><a href="usermanual/index.html">Using JMeter</a> to understand how >> to use JMeter</li> >> @@ -94,6 +86,17 @@ Nor does it render the HTML pages as a b >> <li><a href="http://wiki.apache.org/jmeter/";>JMeter Wiki</a></li> >> <li><a href="building.html">Building JMeter and Add-Ons</a> for >> advanced usage</li> >> </ul> >> + >> +<h2>JMeter is not a browser</h2> >> +<p> >> +JMeter is not a browser, it works at protocol level. >> +As far as web-services and remote services are concerned, JMeter looks >> like a browser (or rather, multiple browsers); >> +however JMeter does not perform all the actions supported by browsers. >> +In particular, JMeter does not execute the Javascript found in HTML >> pages. >> +Nor does it render the HTML pages as a browser does >> +(it's possible to view the response as HTML etc., but the timings are >> not included in any samples, and only one sample in one thread is ever >> viewed at a time). >> +</p> >> + >> <h2>Tutorials (PDF)</h2> >> <ul> >> <li><a >> href="usermanual/jmeter_distributed_testing_step_by_step.pdf">Distributed >> Testing</a></li> >> >> >> >> > -- Cordialement. Philippe Mouawad.
