Jmeter

About Jmeter

               

                The Apache JmeterTM is pure Java open source software, which was first developed by Stefano Mazzocchi of the Apache Software Foundation, designed to load test functional behavior and measure performance. You can use JMeter to analyze and measure the performance of web application or variety of services. Performance testing means testing a web application against heavy load, multiple and concurrent user traffic. JMeter originally is used for testing Web Application or FTP application. Nowadays, it is used for functional test, database server test etc.

Steps to Install JMeter

Step 1) Install Java

JMeter is pure Java desktop application, it requires a fully compliant JVM 6 or higher. You can download and install the latest version of Java SE Development Kit

Step 2) Download Jmeter

Download latest version of JMeter

Step 3) Installation

Installation of JMeter is extremely easy and simple. You simply unzip the zip/tar file into the directory where you want JMeter to be installed. There is no tedious installation screen to deal with! Simple unzip and you are done!

How to Open JMeter.

After downloading JMeter, go to the bin directory. In this case, it is/home/manisha/apache-jmeter-2.9/bin and click on jmeter.bat.

  













Test Plan is where you add elements required for your JMeter 
The WorkBench simply provides a place to store test elements temporarily. WorkBench has no relation with Test Plan. JMeter will not save the contents of the WorkBench. It only saves the contents of the Test Plan branch