Archive for the ‘Test Tools’ Category

Introduction to The Grinder

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

The Grinder is: The Grinder is a JavaTM load testing framework that makes it easy to run a distributed test using many load injector machines. Until recently, I had been reluctant to investigate The Grinder because I was unfamiliar with Jython/Python, and hesitant to dig into a new language. I was wrong. Not ...

Review: LoadRunner 9.0 - Don’t do it!

Thursday, September 27th, 2007

The verdict is in... LoadRunner 9.0 is a bust. Based on Mercury's track record with new releases, it isn't too surprising that the latest release of LoadRunner is buggy. What is surprising is how many steps backwards the product has gone with very few new features. The ...

TestMaker

Sunday, March 18th, 2007

TestMaker is a framework and utility that builds intelligent test agents which implement users interactions in several environments. This program is developed in Java (so it is multi-platform) and it is available as open source. http://www.pushtotest.com/ptt I haven't played around with it much, but it's on my to-do list. From browsing ...

OpenSTA

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

OpenSTA http://opensta.org/ is an open source software developed in C++, and released under the GPL licence. It is an HTTP load test application with scenario creation and monitoring, which can be distributed on different computers.

Grinder

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

The Grinder http://grinder.sourceforge.net/

JMeter

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

JMeter http://jakarta.apache.org/jmeter/

WebLOAD

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

WebLOAD http://www.radview.com/