I agree that a GUI front end to a scripting language is very powerful. Like Mike said, it's how LoadRunner works. LoadRunner uses C as it's scripting enging, and it works well. Each action is scripted seperately. Not sure how all the scripts are combined.
That said, why ECMAScript? Couldn't we stick to Java? I'm thinking of something like jsp, but instead of used for output HTML, used for HTTP input. You imbed java with <% %> and create a Jmeter tags library for common tasks (which might map well to functionality of gui components). Yet Another Option would be to use a Java subset language like BeanShell. This removes some of Java overhead to make it an easier scripting language. http://www.beanshell.org I do understand the value of specialized languages used within others to make things easier (ie Regular expressions), but there might be some real value in keeping everything Java. --- "Boutcher, James K." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 3/ Long-term development plan > > > > At the very least, we need to agree on a > > loose high-level end-user requirement list [I > think I already have a > > document of this kind somewhere -- the one I used > to select JMeter > > among other tools quite a few months ago]. > > I'm guessing this might be drastic, but I feel like > my hands are tied > while using the GUI to put together a test plan. > Maybe it's the > developer in me, but has anyone considered the > ability to put together a > test plan that's described in, say, ECMAScript, with > scriptable objects > we create? Then, the GUI is only a helper to > generate the ECMAScript. At > a later point, you could tweak everything with a > "view source" of sorts. > > > On the other points being made lately, my > contribution rate is > definitely cyclical based on when I'm required to > use Jmeter. Another > usage time is coming up within a couple months - at > which point I'll > turn into an active contributor again. My company > just won't pay me to > work on projects I'm not using - no matter how hard > I've tried to see if > I could push that through. ;-) > > +1 on the [VOTE]. -1 on the [DISCUSSION] (that's > implied) > > Jim > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
