Methodology

Let's look at some best practices that will allow us to achieve successful load test campaigns.

The first step is to define our test plan to limit the scope and goals of the test campaign. Depending on the desired goals, you need to make different choices.

Some will impact scripting (datasets, and so on); others will impact the type of test (soak tests, stress tests, and so on) to be performed. The number of tests will also be impacted (the addition of technical tests and so on).

Studying and understanding the architecture of the system will have a big impact on the scripts.

For example, if the static resources (images, CSS files, and so on) are hosted outside the tested system (for example, on a Content Delivery Network (CDN)), there is no need to include them in our scripts.

We can exclude them when we record our scripts using the Request Filtering tab of HTTP(S) Test Script Recorder:

Figure 7.17: HTTP(S) Test Script Recorder

Note

This is done by default if you...