loadUI can also be used as a Web Load Testing Tool. Writing a Web Load Test is very similar to writing any other Load Test, so before you start with this article, you may want to read Your First loadUI Project

The main difference between a Web Load Test and another Load Test is that a Web Load Test uses the Web Page Runner. The test will most likelly consist of a web page runner, a trigger and a statistics component, at least. We would also recommend adding some assertions to monitor the test behaviour better, and for better reporting.

loadUI as a Web Load Testing Tool

Web Load Testing Components

Depending on the amount of detail that you require, and on the configurations of the system being tested, the strucuture of your test can be very complex; using multiple triggers, runners and analysis components, as well as some of the components we have provided .

For a Web Page Load Test, we recommend starting with a FixedRate trigger to get some idea of how the system responds as you change the rate and use the data from that initial testing for more in-depth tests, perhaps using the variance trigger or the random trigger to better simulate the fact that people tend not to access the website at a steady rate.

For better results, distribute the tests across several agents, as detailed in the Distribution - Getting Started Tutorial

Web Testing depends on your setup, goals and needs. We hope that we have given you at least a starting point to build tests that will allow you to reach your goals.