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Subject:    Re: [Grinder-use] Improving Grinder's usability and effectiveness
From:       Rolands <rolandsbrz () inbox ! lv>
Date:       2011-12-16 8:11:27
Message-ID: 32985996.post () talk ! nabble ! com
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Thank you, Carlos!


Carlos E. Torchia-2 wrote:
> 
> I've made a framework that wraps around Grinder that does something
> similar
> to what you're saying:
> - Extract JBoss Seam session IDs from responses for requests that end
> with
> ".seam"
> - Remove a given list of "useless" requests
> - Tell what requests you want in which groups, and it regenerates the
> instrumentMethod() so that the test groups are meaningful
> - Assert methods so that you can see which tests passed and which failed
> (and their error messages) in the report page (useful in black box
> testing)
> - Server monitor that runs on target server and records IO, CPU, and
> memory usage
> - Log analyzer that parses the Grinder logs, the server monitor logs, and
> the assertion logs
> - Run script that collects clients' logs, runs the analyzer on them, and
> produces performance graphs and a report page with assertions on a wiki
> 
> I wrote it in Python and it's a bit specific to my company's needs, so
> probably anyone who wants to use it would have to modify the source,
> especially the post-record script processing. I have a feeling (not sure)
> that my company might let me LGPL it, but I'd have to ask.
> 
> Anyway, in answer to your question, it's a good idea, because Grinder
> itself, while being a powerful load testing tool, lacks some features that
> might be desired in special cases.
> 
> On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 5:32 AM, Rolands <rolandsbrz@inbox.lv> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I'm using Grinder already for 3 years but time starting from script
> > creation
> > till real test are very long.
> > 
> > I'm usually doing the following steps for each test scenario:
> > 1) Record scenario;
> > 2) Delete unnecessary requests such as gif's, png's, javascripts etc.;
> > 3) Merge methots to respond UI transactions;
> > 4) Add validation rules - get server response, search specific string in
> > it
> > and so on;
> > 5) Add parametrization - randoms, extractions from server responses;
> > 6) Define think times in _call_ method + remove from request methods;
> > 
> > So I decided to create some management console for scipt creation and
> > load
> > definition/managing.
> > Draft for my idea is here:
> > http://old.nabble.com/file/p32980684/grinder_c%2523.png
> > 
> > What I want from you:
> > 1) Whether such a tool would be useful to you?
> > 2) Ask questions/comment.
> > 
> > Best Regards,
> > 
> > Rolands
> > 
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> > 
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