如何对JavaScript繁重的Web应用程序（JIRA）进行负载测试？

Question

I would like to load test a web application which uses a lot of JavaScript items on each of its web pages. For example, there is a dashboard page which contains an overview section, a section displaying the results of user-specific queries and other user configurable sections. Each page access therefore generates a large number of additional requests to the web application, which change depending on the particular user and permissions, and this is really difficult to model in JMeter or similar programs.

I was considering using Selenium to run my tests (which uses a real web browser so all JavaScript objects are properly executed and rendered) however Selenium is not a load testing tool, I probably need one VM per Selenium client and each of those VMs has to run Windows or a Linux desktop.

What I am looking for is a web test software which interprets JavaScript just like a real web browser, but runs from the command line and allows me to run more than one client per session.

Answer 1

I'm not aware of any load testing software capable of executing JavaScript and rendering HTML. You could try simulating these JavaScript-driven requests in JMeter test.

1. First of all, you should be able to record them using HTTP(S) Test Script Recorder
2. Second - you can use Transaction Controller to measure the aggregate time of the main request and sub-requests.
3. You need to find out a way to simulate these AJAX requests in parallel, check out How to Load Test AJAX/XHR Enabled Sites With JMeter article for more details on setting up JMeter for this