Performance Testing of Mobile Apps and Websites using JMeter, the most popular open source tool for load testing. This deck goes along with a webinar with detailed step-by-step instructions and a real-time demo. You can view it here: http://go.blazemeter.com/performance-testing-mobile/

1. Performance Testing
for Mobile Apps & Sites
(using open source tools)
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2. BlazeMeter
Ophir Prusak
VP Customer Success & Product Evangelist
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175 Varick Street NY, NY
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3. Today’s Agenda
• Current Mobile Trend
• Challenges and Importance of a
Fast Mobile Experience
• Mobile Performance Testing Solution
Walkthrough
• Q&A
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4. Current State of Affairs
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5. Current State of Affairs
Internet Searches
mobile application
development
mobile application testing
mobile performance testing
mobile application
performance testing
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6. Mobile Challenges
Desktop
Mobile
Client
“Standard” Browser
Multitude of clients
Technology
HTML
HTML / Native
Bandwidth
Fast (1-20 Mb/s)
Slow (0.1 Mb/s and up)
Latency
Small (less than 100ms)
Large (100-1000ms)
Visual Feedback
Immediate
After data has loaded*
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7. Network Challenges
Latency effect on page load times
Source: http://www.igvita.com/2012/07/19/latency-the-new-web-performance-bottleneck/
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8. Development Life Cycle (old)
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9. Development Life Cycle (new)
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10. Performance Testing Solution Walkthrough
Load Testing Steps
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Record the mobile user scenario
Configure test parameters
Run load test
Analyze the results
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175 Varick Street NY, NY
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1-855-455-2285
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11. Recording a Mobile User
Simulation Techniques
• Browser Spoofing
- Over-ride user-agent string
- Only applicable for mobile websites
- Does not simulate mobile hardware or functionality
• Proxy Recording
- Works with almost all mobile apps
- Requires setting up mobile device to use a proxy
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12. Setup the Proxy
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13. Get Your Local IP
Local IP address on a Mac
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14. Point Device to the Proxy
Defining proxy settings on an iPhone
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15. Run the App
Real usage of a mobile app (CNN iPhone app)
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16. View Requests in JMeter
All of the requests
made by the app.
Request Headers
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17. Full Recording of All Data
Different
User Agent
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18. Load Testing Steps
• Record the mobile user scenario
• Configure the test parameters
• Run test load test
• Analyze the results
BlazeMeter.com
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175 Varick Street NY, NY
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1-855-455-2285
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info@blazemeter.com

19. Define Test Parameters
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Number of Users
Number of Servers
Test Duration
Ramp Up Time
Load Server Geo Location(s)
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20. Mobile Network Emulation
Define bandwidth and latency for each simulated user
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21. Developer Integrations
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Plug-ins for integration into agile / continuous integration tools
Full REST API for custom integration
APM integration for detailed application monitoring
Detailed error reporting
Fully automated spin up / down of dedicated servers
100% compatible with open source scripting (JMeter)
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175 Varick Street NY, NY
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1-855-455-2285
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info@blazemeter.com

22. Load Testing Steps
• Record the mobile user scenario
• Configure the test parameters
• Run test load test
• Analyze the results
BlazeMeter.com
|
175 Varick Street NY, NY
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1-855-455-2285
|
info@blazemeter.com

23. Load Testing Steps
• Record the mobile user scenario
• Configure the test parameters
• Run test load test
• Analyze the results
BlazeMeter.com
|
175 Varick Street NY, NY
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1-855-455-2285
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info@blazemeter.com

24. Detailed Reporting
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Performance Testing KPIs
Error Report
Waterfall Report with Detailed Timings
Load Server Monitoring
Application Performance Monitoring
JMeter Logs
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175 Varick Street NY, NY
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1-855-455-2285
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25. Detailed Reporting
Load Results
APM - New Relic
Real Browser - Selenium
Waterfall
Front End Recommendations
Errors
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175 Varick Street NY, NY
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1-855-455-2285
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26. Thanks!
Thank you for attending.
We’ll send out an email with the recording and the deck.
Q&A
For more information about Performance Testing and JMeter:
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