Performance Testing Using Gatling

Use Gatling to create an advanced stress, load and performance test framework with a real project and add Jenkins for CI

Created by: James Willett
Principal Developer / Online Instructor

What Will I Learn?

• Project based approach to learning Gatling by implementing against an actual e-commerce site
• Building an entire stress testing framework using Gatling from scratch
• Executing Gatling stress tests through Jenkins for Continuous Integration
• Full installation and configuration of Gatling and all required dependencies
• Learn advanced features of Gatling such as conditional statements and the Session API
• Using the Gatling Recorder to create an initial user journey
• Adding support for multiple user journeys, load scenarios and test populations

Requirements

• Some basic experience in any computer programming language will be helpful, but not required
• No previous experience with Gatling is required, as all code and examples are explained in detail
• Taking the Gatling Fundamentals course on Udemy before this will facilitate greater understanding

Target audience

• QA Engineers and Programmers with small or no experience with Gatling
• Anyone using an alternative load testing tool like JMeter, LoadRunner or NeoLoad that wants to learn a new tool
• Developers looking to add a powerful, fun and intuitive new tool to their knowledge-base
• Experienced Gatling users looking to take their knowledge to the next level