Hi well not exactly. An AJAX request is in the end an http request/response so yes JMeter can do that, and you can perform basic functional and performance tests.
However Jmeter is not a browser and doesnt execute javascript and wont behave like it , so some of the things that people would like to do (e.g. an AJAX system that polls or responds to a user doing something like type half a word in a textbox ) cant be directly mapped to JMeter , though you'd probably have workarounds. JMeter also doesnt do well(but can still work) with dynamic systems like GWT whose outputted Javascript is a whole bunch of gibberish that needs to be carefully extracted and worked with. JMeter / Load Runner should have similar limits , the difference being that Jmeter makes its far easier than Load runner to perform the same task. If you can elaborate the problems you ran into with LoadRunner we could see if Jmeter can deal with the same issue. If your focus is a functional test then testing systems which drive the browser Selenium/Watir/QTP are better options , imo , than JMeter. regards deepak On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Tony Anecito <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Deepak, > > Okay. To give you a better idea is I want to take a web app that uses the > browser and execute a test case and then after is done rerun the test case > through JMeter. The web app uses AJAX for parts of it. > > We use LoadRunner right now but we see/test so many different apps and > LoadRunner has limits for testing web pages that use AJAX. So need more info > about JMeter. > > Does that help? > > Thanks, > -Tony > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Deepak Shetty <[email protected]> > To: JMeter Users List <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, June 9, 2010 2:23:12 PM > Subject: Re: AJAX Testing > > Yes but your mileage varies based on your expectations on the meaning of > "test AJAX". > > > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Tony Anecito <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > Is it possible to use jmeter to test AJAX based web pages? If so is it > AJAX > > vendor version specific? > > > > Thanks, > > -Tony > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > >
