🟦 Module 1: Introduction to Performance Testing

• What is performance testing?

• Types: Load, Stress, Endurance, Spike, Scalability, Volume

• Key performance metrics: Response time, Throughput, TPS, Error %

• Performance testing life cycle (PTLC)

🟦 Module 2: Apache JMeter Basics

• Introduction to JMeter & features

• Installing JMeter (Windows, Mac, Linux)

• JMeter UI walkthrough

• Elements of JMeter test plan:

  • Thread Groups

  • Samplers (HTTP, JDBC, FTP, SOAP, REST)

  • Listeners

  • Assertions

  • Timers & Config Elements

🟦 Module 3: Designing Performance Test Scripts in JMeter

• Recording HTTP requests using JMeter Proxy & BlazeMeter Chrome extension

• Parameterization using CSV DataSet Config

• Correlation: Handling dynamic values with Regular Expressions & JSON extractors

• Adding assertions for validation

• Using timers for realistic load simulation

• Debugging test plans

🟦 Module 4: Advanced JMeter Concepts

• Distributed (remote) load testing with JMeter

• Non-HTTP protocol testing: JDBC, JMS, WebSocket, SOAP

• JMeter Plugins for extended features

• Scripting with Beanshell, Groovy & JSR223 samplers

• CI/CD integration (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)

🟦 Module 5: Reporting & Analysis

• Viewing results in Listeners (Graph, Table, Tree, Summary)

• Generating HTML Dashboard reports

• Interpreting performance results (bottlenecks, scalability issues)

• Error handling & log analysis

🟦 Module 6: BlazeMeter for Cloud Performance Testing

• Introduction to BlazeMeter (features & advantages over JMeter)

• Setting up BlazeMeter account

• Uploading & running JMeter scripts on BlazeMeter

• Scaling tests to 1000s of users in cloud

• Real-time reporting & analysis on BlazeMeter dashboard

• Collaboration & sharing reports with stakeholders

🟦 Module 7: Real-Time Project

• Designing load test for an e-commerce application

• End-to-end scenario: Login → Search → Add to Cart → Checkout

• Running tests locally in JMeter & scaling in BlazeMeter

• Analyzing reports & preparing recommendations

• Creating performance test summary report for management