>Fyi: Looks like the tool named ‘The Grinder’ is >capable<http://grinder.sourceforge.net/#Key+features>of load testing anything >that has a Java API. So, desktop products too may >fall under their scope. So can JMeter. The question is what do you want to test in your desktop product? If it is the invoking of webservices, yes Jmeter can be used for that purpose. if you want to be able to click buttons on the client , no Jmeter cannot do that (atleast not directly)
regards deepak On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 2:27 AM, Muthu Shanmugam < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi There, > > > > I am evaluating JMeter for its ability to test a desktop product. So far I > have heard that JMeter won’t be able to test a desktop product. Do we have > any scope for making JMeter to test it? Please find below the product > details, > > > > It is a desktop product coded in Java Swing with client and server > architecture. > > Framework: Axis for web services (SOAP) > > Web server: Apache and Sun Java system > > DB: SQL server > > Traffic between client and server: HTTP (for now), Web services (SOAP) (In > future) > > > > Fyi: Looks like the tool named ‘The Grinder’ is > capable<http://grinder.sourceforge.net/#Key+features>of load testing anything > that has a Java API. So, desktop products too may > fall under their scope. > > > > > Thanks & Regards, > Muthu Shanmugam > Aspire Systems || India > Tel:+91 -44-67404000 Extn:4446 > www.aspiresys.com > > > > This e-mail message and any attachments are for the sole use of the > intended recipient(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential, trade > secret or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure > or distribution is prohibited and may be a violation of law. If you are not > the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and > destroy all copies of the original message. > > >
