JMeter

Jakarta JMeter

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Screenshot  File:Jakarta jmeter screenshot.png Jakarta JMeter screenshot
Developer(s)	Apache Software Foundation
Stable release	2.3.4 / June 21, 2009
Preview release	nightly build / nightly build
Written in	Java
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Load Testing
License	Apache License 2.0
Website	http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter

JMeter is an Apache Jakarta project that can be used as a load testing tool for analyzing and measuring the performance of a variety of services, with a focus on web applications.

JMeter can be used as a unit test tool for JDBC database connections, FTP, LDAP, Webservices, JMS, HTTP and generic TCP connections. JMeter can also be configured as a monitor, although this is typically considered an ad-hoc solution in lieu of advanced monitoring solutions.

JMeter supports variable parameterization, assertions (response validation), per thread cookies, configuration variables and a variety of reports.

History

Jakarta JMeter versions

Version	Release Date	Description
1.0.2	March 9, 2001	earliest in archive
...	...
2.3RC3	July 11, 2007
2.3RC4	September 2, 2007
2.3	September 24 2007
2.3.1	November 28, 2007
2.3.2	June 10, 2008
2.3.3	May 24, 2009
2.3.4	June 21, 2009

Bibliography

• H. Halili, Emily (June 27, 2008), Apache JMeter: A practical beginner's guide to automated testing and performance measurement for your websites, Packt Publishing, pp. 140, ISBN 1847192955, http://www.packtpub.com/beginning-apache-jmeter/book 

See also

• Web server benchmarking
• Performance testing
• Performance Engineering
• Software testing
• iMacros
• Selenium
• SoaMoa

External links

• Official JMeter website

• Apache's Wiki for JMeter