ThisbookisfocussedonlearningandunderstandingJMeter.Itstartswithabasicintroductionandinstallation,followedbyusingJMetertotestwebapplications.ItproceedstoshowhowtouseJMetertoperformloadtestingandalsototestthefunctionalbehaviorofthetargetwebapplication.Thediscussioncontinuestoincludetestingserversotherthanwebapplicationservers,anddemonstratestheuseofsomeofJMeter'sbuilt-infunctions.ThisbookaimstogivereadersanintroductoryviewofJMeter,andgivesabriefandrealisticoverviewtothoseresearchingforanidealtestingtooltouseintestingprojects.Thebookiswritteninastraightforward,clearway,withplentyofstep-by-stepinstructionsandillustrativescreenshots.Theidealreadersorusersofthisbookareexperiencedornovicetesterswhohavebeentestingmanuallyandnowwouldliketoautomatetheirtests.Thosetesterswhoarealreadyautomatingtheirtestingusingothertoolsortestingsoftwaremayalsowanttousethisbookastheylookforalternatives.ThisbookwouldalsobeagoodpointfortestManagers/Leaderstostartdoingresearchonthetestautomationtoolthatmaybestsuittheirtestingneedsandofcourse,theirbudgetJMeter'stargetaudienceisthetestingcommunity,whichisgenerallynotthehangoutofdevelopersortechnicalpeople.AlmostanythingonewouldliketodoinHTTPtestingwillbesupportedbyJMeterwithoutrequiringanyprogramming.TheuserneednothavemuchtechnicalknowledgetoworkwithJMeter.Ithasasimple-to-useandintuitivedrag-and-dropstyleGUIthathelpsanynon-technicalusertogetstarted.