Hi Simon; I don't mind at all. At the moment I need all the help I can get. This is first attempt at a structured test of this kind so any hints, tips, tricks are most welcome.
I'll definitely download Badboy and take a look. Thanks, Trevor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Sadedin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "JMeter Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 5:29 AM Subject: Re: Newbie: Customizing test plans > Hi Trevor - > > I hope you don't mind me e-mailing you personally, but take a look at: > > http://www.badboy.com.au > > You might find it useful in that it lets you record in a browser (using > IE), and then save the result as a JMeter test plan. It might be a > useful way to get started in testing with JMeter because it will create > a nice simple, structured test plan for you. > > Best regards, > > Simon Sadedin. > Badboy Software. > > Trevor Johnson wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >I'm pretty new to JMeter. I set up some basic tests and tried some of the options for recording > >operations to save as a test plan. I haven't had much luck with this yet. I am running Apache and > >Tomcat on a local PC behind my firewall and proxy server. My browser has the settings it needs > >so that I can get outside. I haven't been able to record anything through JMeter yet. I guess my > >proxy settings are interfering with JMeter. > > > >The site I want to test is an applet/servlet so once I get past the index.html page all I have > >are the jar files. Even the security is handled by the applet. How do I record this traffic so that I > >can do some basic testing? > > > >I understand how I can use the HTTP request to send a username and password to a page but > >how do I handle something like this where the applet is prompting me for the information? Can I even > >use JMeter to test this kind of setup? > > > >I had one of the Java guys modify the main servlet to write out all the requests it received to a > >file in the test plan element format so that I could paste this back in to a test plan but this only > >gives me a certain amount of control. Its still a canned test and can't respond to results it receives. > > > >I am a programmer but I haven't spent much time with Java (yet) so I guess I'm looking for some > >place to start to get an understanding of how to write all these custom test applications I see > >everybody is talking about. > > > >I know I've been rambling a bit but I like what I see so far with JMeter and I would like to be able to > >use it but I can't seem to get past the testing of a simple "HelloWorld" level. I have been reading > >through the JMeter docs but I still feel in over my head at the moment. > > > >Thanks in advance for any hints, suggestions, readings, etc. > > > >Trevor > > > > > >Trevor Johnson - Customer Support Specialist > >Tel ext: 2571 > >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Marine Division > >CARIS www.caris.com > >Tel: +1-506-458-8533 Fax: +1-506-459-3849 > > > >CARIS 2004 - Where Waterways Meet > >9th International User Group Conference and Educational Sessions > >22-25 November 2004, Hotel Hafen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany > >Visit www.caris.com/caris2004 or e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for more. > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
