From: Kyle Schmitt <kyleaschmitt@...>
Date: 2009-02-27T02:24:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Load/Stress/Performance Testing via Ruby

On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Dav Yaginuma <dav.coleman@gmail.com> wrote:
> JMeter:
> - seems difficult to make dynamic test plans here that will modify requests
> based on earlier responses
> - test plans are in XML, although I suppose I could use a ruby DSL to
> generate the XML, but since the proxy records to XML I'd also have to
> generate ruby from XML

At first it looks rather difficult to make dynamic tests in JMeter,
but it's really not hard once you get into it.  The caveat is, you use
javascript & regexes & xml or CSV files.  I used to do this frequently
at my old job.

Under no circumstances even bother with TestComplete by AutomatedQA.
It's a piece of junk.

Unless you have the cash to spend on expensive software and a few
training classes for it, I would delve further into JMeter.  Record
snippets of what you want to do into multiple test groups, trim down
the calls to just what you need, code from there.  You may want to
start following their mailing list.  It helped me a ton.

--Kyle