On 23/02/2009, anthonymak <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Sebb, > > Thanks for your reply. :) > > My program is just a jsf page with parameters passed into the browser URL > e.g. http://localhost:8080/webapp1/index.jsf?param1=a¶m2=b. > It does not have a subsequent page (, however, inside the same index.jsf > page it makes various background request to query & download contents for > various parts of the page). > Since I don't have a "next page", what should I do with the ViewState?
Unless the background requests need the viewstate - nothing. > I want the load testing to simulate my real web application as much as > possible. A large part of the time in running my web app is in initializing > the webcontext and loading various javascript files. However, when I use > HTTP Proxy to record my query above, it only recorded a bunch of PNG files. That does not make sense unless you have used include or exclude restrictions; JMeter will record all the HTTP requests you make. > So do I just need to put extra stuffs in the include section? Don't put anything in include or exclude. > At the moment, if I run a load test just base on those recorded PNG file > downloads, wouldn't it excludes the time it needs to initialize the JSF > context, downloading the js libraries files, and also the time latency due > to the necessary backend processing to produce the results (such as database > query)? > If I want to load test a complete run of my JSF web application (that > includes all the initializations and the backend query processing time), can > I use the HTTP Proxy to record that? Yes. > Any insights will be greatly appreciated as this is my first time to play > around with JMeter :) Perhaps you should try recording something simpler first. > Anthony > > > > > sebb-2-2 wrote: > > > > On 20/02/2009, anthonymak <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Help~ > >> > >> I am trying to test a JSF page by following: > >> http://wiki.apache.org/myfaces/PerformanceTestingWithJMeter > >> > >> However, when I tried to "record your request/response streams" as the > >> above > >> page suggest, I used a HTTP Proxy to do that. However, JMeter only seems > >> to > >> record a bunch of png files, it doesn't seem to record other files such > >> as > >> javascript libraries files, which takes a long time to load in my web > >> application, and without recording these the time will be far from real. > >> How > >> can I properly record a JSF app using HTTP Proxy? > > > > Same as any other recording. > > > > Did you specify any includes/excludes? > > > >> Secondly, the PerformanceTestingWithJMeter page mentions using First and > >> Subsequent Request to simulate the ViewState. However, the test I want > >> to do > >> is a single .jsf page with parameters. This page might make some other > >> background request in the background, but there is no explict second > >> page I > >> need to test. So how can I simulate the ViewState with only 1 page? > > > > ViewState is set in one page, and needs to be sent to the next page. > > > > There must be a page which sets the value; this needs to be extracted > > (e.g. with the Regex Extractor) and sent to the next page. > > > >> Kind Regards, > >> Anthony Mak > >> > >> -- > >> View this message in context: > >> > http://www.nabble.com/Problem-testing-JSF-page-following-PerformanceTestingWithJMeter-tutorial-tp22116100p22116100.html > >> Sent from the JMeter - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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] > > > > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Problem-testing-JSF-page-following-PerformanceTestingWithJMeter-tutorial-tp22116100p22154373.html > > Sent from the JMeter - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
