Performance Testing HP Loadrunner (Updated)

Understand the business requirements and architecture to plan performance testing with proper monitoring. Ensure the application is functionally stable before scripting to avoid wasted effort.

Identify business critical flows and test high-use features using HP LoadRunner to uncover performance bottlenecks, guided by product and business insights.

Explore LoadRunner architecture, including the generator, controller, and load agents, to generate and manage performance load. Understand how controller scenarios and extensions drive test results and analysis to reveal insights.

Explore the meaning of protocol, a set of rules governing communication between endpoints, and learn how LoadRunner uses various protocols to perform performance testing on web, database, and remote applications.

Learn to use the virtual user generator to work with web, mobile web, and web services protocols, and create protocol-based test scripts with the solution explorer and status area.

Learn to install the sample app by adding the JDK from Oracle, setting up Tomcat as a service, and deploying the store app on localhost:8080 via the Tomcat manager.

Explore core C data types, including integers, doubles, characters, and strings, and learn how to declare variables, manage sizes, and perform basic arithmetic with output using printf.

Learn to store and combine first and last names in C using string variables and copy and concatenate operations with C string functions, then print the full name.

Examine core control structures in C, including if, for, while, and do-while loops, and learn how break statements govern execution flow and repetition.

Explore basic recording options in HP LoadRunner to capture web traffic for a web application. Select browsers, define actions, start and stop recording, and add comments for each step.

Explore advanced recording options in HP LoadRunner using DML recording, including HTML and URL-based recording, generator usage, and handling form posts, background resources, and concurrent requests.

Explore advanced recording options in hp loadrunner, revealing correlation configurations, synchronous versus asynchronous requests, session handling, port generation, and network-level mapping and filtering for precise load-testing scripts.

Explore common http methods, including get, post, update, options, and connect; learn how get fetches resources, post transmits credentials, and update and options control server actions.

Learn script customization in HP Loadrunner, including backing up recordings, replaying scripts, and using log panels such as coordination, recording, and compilation logs to optimize performance testing.

Learn how to implement file-based parameters in HP Loadrunner, including creating parameter files, binding username and password, and substituting values to drive multiple test iterations.

Explore various parameter options and parameter simulation in HP LoadRunner, including parameter substitution, binding, external data sources, and sequential, random, unique, and hydration modes to drive realistic workloads.

Explore built-in LoadRunner parameters to substitute current date and time, format values, generate data, and control iterations, random numbers, unique blocks, login names, and group names using XML-supported options.

Learn the basics of correlation in performance testing with LoadRunner, including extracting values from responses, handling sessions, and comparing multi-run scripts to identify correlation points.

Learn to correlate dynamic values in LoadRunner using web_reg_save_param, capture and substitute them in subsequent requests, and validate correlations via the correlation log.

Explore advanced options of the web_reg_save_param function to capture and substitute dynamic values through correlation. Learn debugging techniques, best practices for commenting preserved values, and reliable session handling.

Explore advanced options of web_reg_save_param to capture multiple response values using accurate left and right boundaries, index, and substitution, and select a random value from matches.

Explore alternate correlation techniques in load testing with HP LoadRunner, using randomization and parameterization to capture and validate dynamic values in a GFH store scenario.

Implement randomization and correlation techniques in HP LoadRunner to select random items, parameterize values, and replace placeholders across the script for realistic load testing.

Explore advanced correlation options in loadrunner, including setting left and right boundaries, handling 256 character limits, and increasing capture size to manage larger values without stopping the script.

Master advanced correlation options in LoadRunner by using save offset, left and right boundaries, and salient to capture or ignore dynamic values.

Explore various correlation functions in HP LoadRunner, using regular expressions to capture dynamic values, define named parameters, and apply patterns to extract data for robust load tests.

Learn the basics of autocorrelation by applying manual correlation techniques in LoadRunner: write and validate correlation functions, use regular expressions, and manage updates via record options and selections.