Performance Test Automation 101: Gatling, Lighthouse, & Jenkins

Description

In this course, you will learn :

1. The fundamentals of Gatling, a popular open-source performance testing tool in the software industry.
2. The fundamentals of performance testing, such as scalability and stress testing.
3. Advanced concepts like writing Gatling scripts, understanding web page performance, and simulating network throttling with puppeteer and lighthouse tools.
4. How to set up Continuous Integration (CI) for Gatling using Jenkins, which will be useful for running tests remotely.

Syllabus :

1. Basics of Performance Testing

• Types of Performance Testing
• Scalability Testing
• Load and Stress Testing
• Key Performance Metrics
• Performance Testing Tools
• Quiz: Performance Testing Fundamentals

 

2. Gatling: Load and Stress Testing Tool

• Gatling Features
• About Gatling Recorder
• Example - Recorder
• Running the Gatling Test Script
• Gatling Project Configuration and Setup
• Create Gatling Test Project
• Write your First Gatling Test Script Programmatically
• Running the Gatling Test Script
• Understanding the Gatling Report

 

3. Gatling: Script Features

• About Gatling's Script Features
• Scenarios
• Checks
• Loops
• Conditions
• Error Handling
• Throttling
• Feeders
• User Injection Profiles
• Assertions
• Web Sockets

 

4. Web Page Performance

• Web Page Performance (WPP)
• Example - Web Page Performance
• Automate WPP using Lighthouse
• Quiz: Web Page Performance

 

5. Network Throttling

• What is Network Throttling?
• Simulating Network Throttling - Desktop Web and Mobile Web
• Quiz: Network Throttling

 

6. Download Custom Gatling Test Framework

• Download and Understand the Framework
• Building and Running Tests

 

7. Gatling with Jenkins

• Introduction: Continuous Integration (CI)
• Setup Jenkins
• Installing Gatling Jenkins Plugin
• Create Jenkins Job for Load Testing
• Gatling Global Assertions

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