absolutely, but you'd also have the work of making sure that the javascript worked inside the test tool as well as all the supported browsers. For my tests, I find it easiest to restrict the http requests to the minimum needed for for a particular test, so its easier to understand what is happening.
I havent tried doing this yet, but Im intending to create a functional script using Watir or Firewatir to do what I care about in my oad tests, and record based on the execution of the watir script. This way I always get the latest urls, data formats etc. Id still have the same editing of the jmeter script to do, but I would easily create my base jmeter script. Since I also use firewatir/watir for functional testing I already have most of the scripts I need. Paul On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 1:39 PM, Marc Guillemot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > sure you can, but first my example was very simplistic and second, you > have additional work to maintain it. > > Marc. > > > > Paul Rogers wrote: > > well, youd record the script to see what the browser is sending for > > the specified single user action. Then modify the jmeter recording to > > put the changing data ( be it the users id, email address, book > > purchase, phone number etc) into some form of variable. Since for > > load on the server you can probably do enough of the logic in the > > jmeter script to find out how well the server copes. > > > > Paul > > > > On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 12:55 PM, Marc Guillemot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Paul, > >> > >> you are missing the point that when more logic is handled on the client > >> side, a session recording may just be wrong. Just imagine a client side > >> logic to determine which page to load next based on the number of > >> currently logged in clients. Load testing with the recorded session may > >> be interesting, but it doesn't simulate the load that real users may > >> produce. > >> > >> Additionally recording is a very bad solution in term of maintainability. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Marc. > >> > >> > >> > >> Paul Rogers wrote: > >> > I see jmeter as a way to exercise the server. So even if your app is > >> > heavily javascript, if you are using jmeter, then arent you only > >> > interested in the server side aspects? So just record a session, and > >> > those requests will be the server load based on the javascript usage. > >> > Thats what Ive done for the app I work on , and its very heavy > >> > javascript. I can see Im doing the right thing, as the server logs > >> > from the load test, are the same as what I would expect from a user in > >> > a browser. Or am I missing something? > >> > > >> > Paul > >> > > >> > On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 11:32 AM, Peter Loron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> >> Having built-in Javascript support (and HTTPS proxy capture a la > >> >> PureTest) would be a godsend for us. I'm working on doing some load > >> >> testing of our web app, but it makes heavy use of HTTPS and > >> >> Javascript. So far it is proving very hard to make the JMeter load > >> >> match the "real world" activity. > >> >> > >> >> -Pete > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Mar 14, 2008, at 7:25 AM, Marc Guillemot wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > I'm surely biased on this as I'm lead developer of HtmlUnit but I > >> >> > really > >> >> > think that a combination of JMeter & HtmlUnit (or WebTest) would > bring > >> >> > great possibilities in load testing of Ajax applications. > >> >> > > >> >> > HtmlUnit "is" a browser that evaluates the JS (nearly) like normal > >> >> > browsers do. But it is so lightweight that it is possible to run a > few > >> >> > hundreds instances of WebClient (the "browser") in parallel on a > >> >> > normal > >> >> > computer. > >> >> > > >> >> > I don't know what the current status is with Dojo support, but > complex > >> >> > Ajax libraries are already supported by HtmlUnit and other will > come. > >> >> > > >> >> > Cheers, > >> >> > Marc. > >> >> > -- > >> >> > Blog: http://mguillem.wordpress.com > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > Woody Aichner wrote: > >> >> >> Is anyone using Jmeter to test a web application that uses Web 2.0 > >> >> >> capability and specifically one that uses DoJo. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> I have dealt with applications that make use of javascript before > >> >> >> and do this by simulating what the javascript does in Jmeter. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Now, with these heavily scripted applications, the job appears > that > >> >> >> it will be more difficult as the amount of javascript executed is > >> >> >> very large. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> I realize that recording is one option, but have found that this > >> >> >> does not work in alot of cases, because of the dynamic nature of > >> >> >> the javascript. > >> >> >> > >> >> >> Woody > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
