WAPT uses a number of advanced
techniques to simulate real live load conditions. This approach is much more efficient
than producing high load by sending many identical requests to the server. WAPT creates a
simulation of many different users coming from different IP addresses, each with their own
parameters: cookies, input data for various page forms, name and password, connection
speed and their own specific path through the site. WAPT can even simulate random time
between user clicks to make each virtual user as similar as possible to a human user.Different types of users in one test
If you want to simulate thousands of users, you
do not need to specify separate behavior for each of them. Practice shows that usually
site visitors can be divided into certain types, and this approach is used in WAPT. You
specify behavior for each type of users and add to the test as many users types as you
need.For example, users of an online shop can be divided into those who browse through the catalog, and those brought to a certain page through a marketing campaign to purchase a specific item. Each type of users has specific path through the site and other customizable parameters. For each type you create a separate profile all this data can be specified. In the test you can use as many virtual users of each type as you need. You can create more profiles to represent users browsing different areas of the site or making specific purchases. This will make your test more accurate.
Testing of dynamic web applications
HTTP requests can include parameters that
are specific for each user. The values of such parameters can even be different for
different users of the same type and can change throughout the session. For example, the
server can send a session variable in the reply to the first request from a new user. This
variable is added to the subsequent requests from that user to identify them. You can
specify how to use these changing parameters.Flexible load level definition
YYou can either choose constant load level for
the whole test time or increase the load after specified time intervals during the test.
You can specify the overall test time and the number of virtual users for each profile.
Overall load also significantly depends on the type of users, so you can change it by
introducing new types of users, making them "slow" or "fast".Testing of HTTPS/SSL content
WAPT supports testing of web sites and applications secured by SSL. You do
not need to perform any additional actions and can easily work with HTTPS sites just as
you do with any others.Descriptive test reports and graphs
WAPT displays test results through descriptive
reports and graphs. They are available even during the test, so you can monitor key
parameters of web application performance on the fly and see how your site responds to the
increasing load volume. Summary reports and graphs are useful to determine the presence of
any problems in overall performance. Then you can check through more detailed reports down
to the level of separate user profiles and pages to find specific bottlenecks. All reports
are created in HTML format, so you can easily share them with your colleagues. You can
also save test results in MS Excel compatible format. During the test WAPT collects
complete test data including server replies to each request. You can use this information
to research site behavior in all details.
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