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Jmeter
Apache Jmeter is java application designed to load test the application. You can use
Jmeter to test how much load your Web site can handle. In this tutorial we will
explain you how to download install and use Jmeter.

What is Jmeter?

As the name indicates Jmeter is one of the Java tools which is used to load testing
client/server applications. Earlier it was used for testing Web Applications only
however now-a-days its being used for other test functions. It is typically used to
measure performance and to load test functional behavior of client-server
applications. It can also handle FTP and JDBC requests. You must be aware of such
other tools like WinRunner. You will be glad to know that as compared to WinRunner,
Jmeter is easy to use due to its simple and intuitive GUI. Moreover its absolutely free
and can be modified at ease as its an open source.
The important functionalities of Jmeter is that a heavy load on a server can be
stimulated by using it, not on a server but also a heavy load on a network or object
to test its strength under different load types. A graphical analysis of performance
can also be done by using Jmeter or the behaviour of your server/script/object can
also be tested under heavy concurrent load.

Using Jmeter
Lets see how to run JMeter now. We will conduct a simple test to set up a test plan
and stress test a Web application. Before proceeding with the test we need to have a
test plan first which will help the Jmeter to perform the testing in steps.

Running Load Test

You can also view the graph for your test after running it. For this go to Thread
group -> Add -> Listener -> Graph results as shown in the picture below.

Enhancing Test Plan?

As you have seen we have added some basic elements to the Test Plan like Sampler
and some listeners. Similarly you can add many other elements in your Test Plan
as shown under Group heading.

Running Test Plan

To run the test plan you can go to Run menu -> Run or press ctrl + r. To indicate
that the test is running a green square lits up in the upper-right-hand corner.

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