Apache JMeter

Apache JMeter

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Developer(s)	Apache Software Foundation
Stable release	2.6 / February 1, 2012 (2012-02-01)
Preview release	nightly build / nightly build
Written in	Java
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Load Testing
License	Apache License 2.0
Website	http://jmeter.apache.org/

Apache JMeter is an Apache 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.

JMeter architecture is based on plugins. Most of its "out of the box" features are implemented with plugins. Off-site developers can easily extend JMeter with custom plugins.

Releases

Apache JMeter versions

Version	Release Date	Description
1.0.2	2001-03-09	earliest in archive
...	...
2.3RC3	2007-07-11
2.3RC4	2007-09-02
2.3	2007-09-24
2.3.1	2007-11-28
2.3.2	2008-06-10
2.3.3	2009-05-24
2.3.4	2009-06-21
2.4	2010-07-14	Java 5
2.5	2011-08-17	Java 5
2.5.1	2011-10-03	Java 5
2.6	2012-02-01	Java 5

See also

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

External links

• Official JMeter website
• Apache's Wiki for JMeter
• JMeter Presentation
• Example of JMeter Custom Plugins