Module 1
Run your first tests
with Gatling
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In this first section, the course begins by exploring Gatling from scratch, assuming no prior knowledge or experience with the tool. The following is covered in this section:
Overview of the Gatling tool, and why it is such a powerful tool for load testing
Instructions for installing the prerequisites needed to develop Gatling scripts effectively
How to install Gatling, either with a standalone download or through a build tool such as Maven, Gradle and SBT
This section will see us generate our first Gatling script against a real web application, then begin editing that script in our IDE to make it dynamic and ready for load test execution. The following is covered in this section:
Recording a user journey in our target application under test
Using the Gatling Recorder application to turn our recording into a Gatling script
Editing the script in our IDE to make it dynamic and able to handle different test data
With a working Gatling script now created, in this section we will begin designing our load testing simulation. We will see how to execute a Gatling stress test, and analyse the results report produced. The following is covered in this section:
Explanation of open vs closed workload models, and how Gatling supports both
Execution of a Gatling test, both via the standalone version of Gatling and through a build tool
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