I am relatively new to JMeter and I have fundamental questions related to JMeter scripting. I have read many posts through Google but nothing served as a definite answer.
I am to load a website with around 1000 concurrent users. I am recording with Badboy and exporting to JMeter. I want to simulate my script as close as real world to get most accurate response time values. So my questions are: 1. Do I need to record .jpg, .css, .js as part of script? They clutter the test plan for sure and somewhere I read that they are not necessary. But I feel not having them would certainly impact the response time(please correct me if I am wrong.) 2. There is "Retrieve embeded resources" option. If I do not record .jpg .css etc and just check this box then would it server purpose of simulating real world scenario? 3. What effect will "HTTP Cache Manager" have if enabled on 1&2 above? Thank you for all your help! -Joy
