Blog

JMeter: Where It Is Still the Right Tool, Test Plans, Thread Groups, CLI Mode and the HTML Dashboard

JMeter is still the right tool for broad protocol support such as JDBC, JMS and LDAP, for existing test plans and for test teams that do not write code; for an HTTP API k6 fits better. We build the Bookstore scenario in JMeter 5.6.3 with an Open Model Thread Group, CSV Data Set, JSON Extractor and timers, run it in CLI mode, read the HTML dashboard and show traps such as timer scope, APDEX thresholds and the exit code.