Apache JMeter and I have a long and complicated relationship. It is definitely a trusted and valuable tool, but I am also quite confident that certain parts of it will make an appearance in my particular circle of hell. Due to this somewhat uncomfortable partnership, I am always interested in new tools for applying load to an infrastructure and monitoring the results. Locust.io is not exactly a new tool, but I have only recently begun to use it for testing. What Is Locust? Locust is a load-testing framework which allows you to write your load plan in regular Python. This is a welcome experience if you have ever had to manually edit a JMeter JMX file. Not only is it a more pleasant experience, but writing executors in Python makes it easy to create a very flexible load plan. Idea For A Circle Of Hell: Given a slightly corrupted JMX file that must be loadable and cannot easily be replaced, attempt to look through it to find the error preventing loading. Every time you save the file, some other tag corrupts slightly. Who needs eternal damnation, give me a large JMX file and some failing drives… The other advantage of... Read more
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Thu, 04/13/2017 - 08:48