Part 2: Performance Testing Tools (Performance Testing Revision Cheat Sheet)
📌 Popular Open Source Tools Apache JMeter Widely used, supports HTTP, JDBC, FTP, SOAP, REST, etc. Extensible with plugins. GUI + CLI (non-GUI for load execution). Gatling Scala-based, developer-friendly. Supports CI/CD pipelines. Locust Python-based, distributed load generation. Scripted in Python for flexibility. 📌 Commercial Tools LoadRunner (Micro Focus) Enterprise-grade, wide protocol support. Advanced analytics and monitoring. NeoLoad (Tricentis) Supports APIs, web, SAP, Citrix, mobile. Good CI/CD integration. BlazeMeter Cloud-based, JMeter-compatible. Scalable distributed testing. Dynatrace Synthetic / AppDynamics / New Relic Focused on monitoring + synthetic testing. 📌 Cloud-Native/Modern Options k6 – Modern scripting (JavaScript), CI/CD friendly. Azure Load Testing / AWS Distributed Load Testing – Cloud-native integration. Google Cloud Performance Testing (via k6/JMeter integ...