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JMeter™ performance testing: identify, resolve and optimise
Application performance should be measured before it becomes a user problem. With JMeter, structure load scenarios and analyse results to identify pressure points. Strengthen your ability to produce findings useful to development and operations teams.
- Duration
- 3 days 21 hours
- Code
- DEV010FR Code
Presentation
In a digital environment where user experience and application responsiveness are paramount, ensuring system performance and stability is a major concern. Performance testing expertise, particularly with JMeter, is therefore essential. JMeter allows you to simulate heavy loads on web applications and systems, identify bottlenecks and support an optimal user experience.
This intensive 3-day JMeter course provides comprehensive performance testing training. You will start with fundamentals, exploring key concepts and approaches. You will then learn JMeter from installation and configuration to designing and executing complex test scenarios. A substantial part of the course focuses on analysing results to identify and resolve performance problems. Finally, you will learn to integrate JMeter performance tests into continuous integration for improved software quality.
Throughout the course, numerous practical exercises and scenarios consolidate your skills, allowing you to apply learning directly and use JMeter independently.
Objectives
By completing this JMeter course, you will be able to:
- master JMeter installation and configuration;
- design and plan effective performance test scenarios;
- record and parameterise application workflows in JMeter;
- configure and execute different load test types;
- analyse JMeter performance test results to identify bottlenecks;
- validate server responses during performance tests;
- integrate JMeter performance tests into a Jenkins continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline;
- identify and resolve system performance problems.
Program
Module 1: discovering performance testing fundamentals
- Key performance testing concepts.
- The overall performance testing approach.
- Different load test types.
- The importance of test planning and design.
Module 2: mastering JMeter installation and configuration
- Downloading and installing JMeter.
- Configuring essential settings.
- Exploring the user interface.
- Establishing a working test environment.
Practical work:
- Install JMeter and explore the interface.
Module 3: recording and scripting application workflows
- Recording user interactions with JMeter.
- Configuring recordings to capture relevant information.
- Building a JMeter script structure.
- Practising application workflow recording.
Practical work:
- Record a simple user journey.
Module 4: parameterising scripts and making them dynamic
- The importance of variable parameters.
- Extracting and using variable input parameters.
- Implementing parameterisation in scripts.
Practical work:
- Parameterise login or search data.
Module 5: configuring and executing load tests with JMeter
- Defining load parameters, including users and ramp-up.
- Configuring load, stress and endurance scenarios.
- Executing configured load tests.
Practical work:
- Configure and execute simple load tests.
Module 6: analysing and interpreting performance test results
- Generating relevant reports from JMeter results.
- Interpreting response time, throughput and error metrics.
- Identifying bottlenecks and performance issues.
Practical work:
- Analyse performance reports and identify potential issues.
Module 7: validating server responses with JMeter
- The importance of response validation.
- Configuring JMeter assertions to validate server responses.
- Implementing content and status checks.
Practical work:
- Add assertions to validate responses.
Module 8: integrating JMeter performance tests into Jenkins CI/CD
- Continuous integration and continuous deployment principles.
- Configuring Jenkins to run JMeter tests.
- Analysing JMeter results directly in Jenkins.
- Automating performance test execution in the CI/CD pipeline.
Practical work:
- Integrate a simple JMeter test into a Jenkins pipeline.
Audience
This course is intended for:
- performance testers seeking to master JMeter to identify and resolve system performance problems;
- software testers extending their skills to performance testing and JMeter;
- web application developers wishing to ensure performance under load;
- QA engineers integrating performance tests into software quality processes;
- technical managers and project managers seeking to understand performance testing challenges and optimise application quality and performance;
- anyone wishing to develop performance testing skills with JMeter.
Prerequisites
This course requires the following prerequisites:
- Basic development knowledge: familiarity with programming fundamentals is recommended to understand JMeter, although knowledge of a specific language such as Java is not strictly required.
- Familiarity with web concepts: understanding web fundamentals, particularly HTTP requests, helps you analyse and test web application performance effectively.
- Introductory software testing knowledge: familiarity with testing principles and objectives supports understanding of the concepts and techniques covered.
Teaching and assessment methods
- Initial skills assessment
- Training materials provided to participants
- Continuous assessment throughout the course
- End-of-course feedback questionnaire
- Combination of theory and practical application
- Attendance records
- Post-course follow-up evaluation
- Quiz / multiple-choice questions
- Practical exercises
Course highlights
- Performance testing experts: trainers with strong practical JMeter and performance testing experience and proven teaching skills.
- Comprehensive, current JMeter training: from fundamentals to advanced features, the program covers effective performance testing and is updated with recent JMeter versions and best practices.
- 80% hands-on JMeter practice: workshops and concrete exercises let you apply knowledge in realistic scenarios, with practical work and multiple-choice assessments reviewed as a group.
- Interactive learning and personalised support: participant exchange and collaboration with individual trainer follow-up to answer questions and support progress.
Dates and sessions
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