Jmeter is a desktop application, designed to test and measure the performance and functional behavior of client/server applications, such as web applications or FTP applications. It is by far, one of the most widely used open-source, freely distributed testing application that the Net can offer. It is purely Java-based and is highly extensible through a provided API (Application Programming Interface). Jmeter works by acting as the "client side" of a "client/server" application. It measures response time and all other server resources such as CPU loads, memory usage, and resource usage. In this respect, Jmeter can be used effectively for functional test automation. In addition, it has tools that support regression testing of similar types of applications. Although it was originally designed for testing web applications, it has been extended to support other test functions. It was first and still is being developed as one of the Apache Jakarta Projects (http://jakarta.apache.org), as this project offer a diverse set of open-source Java solutions.
Jmeter was first developed by Stefano Mazzocchi of the Apache Software Foundation. He wrote it primarily to test the performance of Apache JServ,which was later replaced by the Apache Tomcat Project. Jmeter has since been developed and has expanded to load-test FTP servers, database servers, and Java Servlets and objects. Today, it has been widely accepted as a performance testing tool for web applications. Various companies, including AOL, have used Jmeter to load-test their websites and SharpMind of Germany has used Jmeter for functional and regression testing its applications and its clients.
Jmeter was first developed by Stefano Mazzocchi of the Apache Software Foundation. He wrote it primarily to test the performance of Apache JServ,which was later replaced by the Apache Tomcat Project. Jmeter has since been developed and has expanded to load-test FTP servers, database servers, and Java Servlets and objects. Today, it has been widely accepted as a performance testing tool for web applications. Various companies, including AOL, have used Jmeter to load-test their websites and SharpMind of Germany has used Jmeter for functional and regression testing its applications and its clients.
