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Progressive .NET Tutorials 2011: Simon Brown on Load Testing for Developers
Load Testing for Developers
Have you ever built a software system and your users have complained that it’s too slow? I have; debugging live performance and scalability issues with business sponsors watching over your shoulder isn’t fun! Load testing is an often forgotten and seemingly difficult task that many people shy away from but a basic level of load testing is often enough to give you confidence that you've satisfied expectations regarding performance and scalability. This tutorial will look at how to load test your website and you’ll learn: - What load testing is all about. - How to implement a load testing script using the free and open source Apache JMeter tool. - How to run a load test and monitor the environment (the load testing client and your website server environment). - How to process, analyse and present the results.

Prerequisites

You'll need the following installed on your laptop:
  • Microsoft Visual Studio (2008 or 2010; to run a C#/ASP.NET 3.5 web application).
  • Java SE Development Kit (version 6 or 7).
  • Apache JMeter 2.5 (download the ZIP version and unzip it somewhere obvious).
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ABOUT SIMON BROWN
Simon Brown is the founder of Coding the Architecture and either a software architect who codes or a software developer who understands architecture
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