On 26/11/2008, André Mud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>  I do not have a specific question. I want to verify my understanding of
>  certain settings in Jmeter.
>  I want to simulate reallife usage by of client to a website. To do this I
>  use the setting "retrieve all embedded resources".
>  This way when a user hits the site all content is downloaded as would have
>  done if a user hits the site with a browser.

JMeter can only download statically referenced content. It does not
parse Javascript.

>  When a user hits the site twice with a browser, some of the content is not
>  downloaded because it is in cache (images, js, css etc).
>  To simulate this on jmeter I include a CacheManager.
>  Am I correct so far?

Yes, the CacheManager simulates the browser cache by checking for
upated versions of previously loaded resources.

>  When I record a testplan I see the HTTP request to the website + all
>  requests to images, js, css on that website. I normally remove all this
>  content and leave the top request to the website. When I set "retrieve all
>  embedded resources" will all the extra content be downloaded which I deleted
>  in the script? So I could leave the original script as is, and don't use
>  "retrieve all embedded resources"?

Yes, if you add the Cache Manager it should be OK to leave the script as is.

>  Your comments will be greatly appriciated
>
>  With regards,
>  Andre Mud
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