On Friday, November 4, 2016, Milamber <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 03/11/2016 12:06, Philippe Mouawad wrote: > >> On Thursday, November 3, 2016, Milamber <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I agree that Non-GUI isn't the good words to say "launch JMeter without >>> graphical interface" >>> >>> But the "CLI mode" (cli + mode) isn't too the good words to say "launch >>> JMeter without graphical interface and for heavy load tests" >>> >>> Perhaps change the "CLI Mode" to "Headless mode" (seems to be the good >>> word) >>> >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headless_software >>> >> -1 for me . It's not clear. >> >> i prefer cli also for marketing reasons also. >> > > > "command-line mode" ? sound good for you ?
Whatever you like. If headless is used and more Meaningful then why not. Let's not block release process for that. > > > >> >> >>> On 02/11/2016 21:27, Philippe Mouawad wrote: >>> >>> For me, Non gui has no meaning for newbies . >>>> I think cli is ok and understandable , since afaik we use an avalon >>>> version >>>> of cli that we should probably migrate one day to commons-cli from >>>> apache. >>>> >>>> I still see (on twitter, stackoverflow, private mails) a lot of newbies >>>> and >>>> even users not being aware of the non gui mode and I think it's due to >>>> the >>>> name. Clo is more meaningful. >>>> >>>> We must make it clear that cli is for load testing, gui for >>>> building/debugging. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, November 2, 2016, Milamber <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> + <li><b><a href="usermanual/get-started.html#non_gui">CLI mode (NON >>>> >>>>> GUI)</a></b> to load test from any Java compatible OS (Windows, Linux, >>>>>> Mac)</li> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm not sure that the CLI mode = Non GUI. >>>>> In my mind, the CLI mode is a command line mode to have interactive >>>>> actions with JMeter with command line (like bash in Linux, or >>>>> wsadmin.sh >>>>> with WebSphere, or jboss-cli.sh with JBoss) >>>>> >>>>> CLI means : command-line interface or command language interpreter (so >>>>> means that JMeter a CLI interperter ?) >>>>> >>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command-line_interface >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 31/10/2016 15:51, [email protected] wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Author: pmouawad >>>>> >>>>>> Date: Mon Oct 31 15:51:15 2016 >>>>>> New Revision: 1767314 >>>>>> >>>>>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1767314&view=rev >>>>>> Log: >>>>>> Rework presentation >>>>>> Highlight features >>>>>> >>>>>> Modified: >>>>>> jmeter/trunk/xdocs/index.xml >>>>>> >>>>>> Modified: jmeter/trunk/xdocs/index.xml >>>>>> URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/jmeter/trunk/xdocs/index.xml?re >>>>>> v=1767314&r1=1767313&r2=1767314&view=diff >>>>>> ============================================================ >>>>>> ================== >>>>>> --- jmeter/trunk/xdocs/index.xml (original) >>>>>> +++ jmeter/trunk/xdocs/index.xml Mon Oct 31 15:51:15 2016 >>>>>> @@ -34,20 +34,17 @@ >>>>>> <h2>What can I do with it?</h2> >>>>>> <p> >>>>>> Apache JMeter may be used to test performance both on static >>>>>> and >>>>>> dynamic >>>>>> - resources (Webservices (SOAP/REST), Web dynamic languages - >>>>>> PHP, >>>>>> Java, ASP.NET, Files, etc. -, Java Objects, Data Bases and >>>>>> - Queries, FTP Servers and more). It can be used to simulate a >>>>>> heavy >>>>>> -load on a server, group of servers, network or object to test its >>>>>> strength or to analyze >>>>>> -overall performance under different load types. You can use it to >>>>>> make >>>>>> a >>>>>> -graphical analysis of performance or to test your >>>>>> server/script/object >>>>>> -behavior under heavy concurrent load. >>>>>> -</p> >>>>>> -<h2>What does it do?</h2> >>>>>> + resources , Web dynamic applications. <br/> >>>>>> + It can be used to simulate a heavy load on a server, group of >>>>>> servers, >>>>>> + network or object to test its strength or to analyze overall >>>>>> performance >>>>>> + under different load types.<br/> >>>>>> + </p> >>>>>> <p>Apache JMeter features include:</p> >>>>>> <ul> >>>>>> - <li>Ability to load and performance test many different >>>>>> server/protocol types: >>>>>> + <li>Ability to load and performance test many different >>>>>> applications/server/protocol types: >>>>>> <ul> >>>>>> - <li>Web - HTTP, HTTPS</li> >>>>>> - <li>SOAP / REST</li> >>>>>> + <li>Web - HTTP, HTTPS (Java, NodeJS, PHP, ASP.NET...)</li> >>>>>> + <li>SOAP / REST Webservices</li> >>>>>> <li>FTP</li> >>>>>> <li>Database via JDBC</li> >>>>>> <li>LDAP</li> >>>>>> @@ -55,12 +52,17 @@ behavior under heavy concurrent load. >>>>>> <li>Mail - SMTP(S), POP3(S) and IMAP(S)</li> >>>>>> <li>Native commands or shell scripts</li> >>>>>> <li>TCP</li> >>>>>> + <li>Java Objects</li> >>>>>> </ul> >>>>>> </li> >>>>>> + <li>Full featured Test IDE that allows faster Test Plan >>>>>> <b>recording, building and debugging</b>.</li> >>>>>> + <li><b><a href="usermanual/get-started.html#non_gui">CLI mode >>>>>> (NON >>>>>> GUI)</a></b> to load test from any Java compatible OS (Windows, Linux, >>>>>> Mac)</li> >>>>>> + <li>Analysis of Load Test thanks to a clear, complete and dynamic >>>>>> <b><a href="usermanual/generating-dashboard.html" >ready to present >>>>>> HTML >>>>>> report</a></b></li> >>>>>> + <li>Easy correlation for most popular formats, <b><a >>>>>> href="usermanual/component_reference.html#CSS/JQuery_Extractor" >>>>>> >>>>>> HTML</a>, <a href="usermanual/component_ref >>>>>>> erence.html#JSON_Extractor" >>>>>>> JSON </a>, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> + <a href="usermanual/component_ref >>>>>> erence.html#XPath_Extractor" >>>>>> >>>>>> XML</a> or <a href="usermanual/component_ref >>>>>>> >>>>>>> erence.html#Regular_Expression_Extractor" >any textual >>>>>> format</a></b></li> >>>>>> <li>Complete portability and <b>100% Java purity</b>.</li> >>>>>> - <li>Full <b>multithreading</b> framework allows concurrent >>>>>> sampling >>>>>> by many threads and >>>>>> + <li>Full <b>multi-threading</b> framework allows concurrent >>>>>> sampling >>>>>> by many threads and >>>>>> simultaneous sampling of different functions by separate >>>>>> thread >>>>>> groups.</li> >>>>>> - <li>Careful <b>GUI</b> design allows faster Test Plan building >>>>>> and >>>>>> debugging.</li> >>>>>> <li>Caching and offline analysis/replaying of test >>>>>> results.</li> >>>>>> <li><b>Highly Extensible core:</b> >>>>>> <ul> >>>>>> @@ -69,20 +71,10 @@ behavior under heavy concurrent load. >>>>>> <li>Data analysis and <b>visualization plugins</b> allow >>>>>> great >>>>>> extensibility >>>>>> as well as personalization.</li> >>>>>> <li>Functions can be used to provide dynamic input to a >>>>>> test >>>>>> or >>>>>> provide data manipulation.</li> >>>>>> - <li><b>Scriptable Samplers</b> (BeanShell, BSF-compatible >>>>>> languages and JSR223-compatible languages)</li> >>>>>> + <li><b>Scriptable Samplers</b> (JSR223-compatible languages >>>>>> (<a >>>>>> href="http://groovy-lang.org";>Groovy</a>) and BeanShell)</li> >>>>>> </ul> >>>>>> </li> >>>>>> </ul> >>>>>> -<h2>JMeter is not a browser</h2> >>>>>> -<p> >>>>>> -JMeter is not a browser. >>>>>> -As far as web-services and remote services are concerned, JMeter >>>>>> looks >>>>>> like a browser (or rather, multiple browsers); >>>>>> -however JMeter does not perform all the actions supported by >>>>>> browsers. >>>>>> -In particular, JMeter does not execute the Javascript found in HTML >>>>>> pages. >>>>>> -Nor does it render the HTML pages as a browser does >>>>>> -(it's possible to view the response as HTML etc., but the timings are >>>>>> not included in any samples, and only one sample in one thread is ever >>>>>> viewed at a time). >>>>>> -</p> >>>>>> - >>>>>> <h2>How do I do it?</h2> >>>>>> <ul> >>>>>> <li><a href="usermanual/index.html">Using JMeter</a> to >>>>>> understand >>>>>> how >>>>>> to use JMeter</li> >>>>>> @@ -94,6 +86,17 @@ Nor does it render the HTML pages as a b >>>>>> <li><a href="http://wiki.apache.org/jmeter/";>JMeter Wiki</a></li> >>>>>> <li><a href="building.html">Building JMeter and Add-Ons</a> for >>>>>> advanced usage</li> >>>>>> </ul> >>>>>> + >>>>>> +<h2>JMeter is not a browser</h2> >>>>>> +<p> >>>>>> +JMeter is not a browser, it works at protocol level. >>>>>> +As far as web-services and remote services are concerned, JMeter >>>>>> looks >>>>>> like a browser (or rather, multiple browsers); >>>>>> +however JMeter does not perform all the actions supported by >>>>>> browsers. >>>>>> +In particular, JMeter does not execute the Javascript found in HTML >>>>>> pages. >>>>>> +Nor does it render the HTML pages as a browser does >>>>>> +(it's possible to view the response as HTML etc., but the timings are >>>>>> not included in any samples, and only one sample in one thread is ever >>>>>> viewed at a time). >>>>>> +</p> >>>>>> + >>>>>> <h2>Tutorials (PDF)</h2> >>>>>> <ul> >>>>>> <li><a href="usermanual/jmeter_distributed_testing_step_by_step. >>>>>> pdf">Distributed >>>>>> Testing</a></li> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> > -- Cordialement. Philippe Mouawad.
