Performance Testing of Rich Internet Applications & Web applications UKTMF summit /05/2015 1

Overcoming 2009 Challenges for load testing web applications  Respond successfully to business pressure “do more with less”  Test increasingly complex web applications: AJAX, Silverlight, FLEX (amf3), GWT (google web toolkit), SAP Web, Oracle Forms, Siebel Web, Oracle E-business, OBI, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Hyperion, …… 18/05/2015 2

Respond successfully to business pressure  Economically: Complete more tests and be more cost effective  Points you can have an impact on: - Flexibility of your load testing software - Time required to execute the entire engagement 18/05/2015 3

Respond successfully to business pressure  Strategically: - Webapps are increasingly important within companies - Do it in a shorter time frame for your SLA and a shorter time to market - Maintain scenarios and compare performance of new releases 18/05/2015 4

Respond successfully to business pressure  Technologically  use a modern tool  Made for web applications  Supports the latest technologies: PoC & advices, sizing of infrastructure when addressing new needs arising from evolving development frameworks  Handle the latest webapps just as easily as older/simpler ones 18/05/2015 5

Reduce the cost of your load testing platform Increase your productivity: Use modern tools adapted to today’s web applications to get a better ROI:  Easy and fast to install on any platform  Scenarios are faster to create & maintain  Efficient to generate the required load  Precise monitoring and reporting 18/05/2015 6

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Reduce the cost of your Load Testing platform - Know the alternatives to better allocate your value adding ressources - Retain your testers with a wider scope during the assignements (less scripting & more analysis) - More time to test, to give better recommandations & reports = maximise value to your client 18/05/2015 8

Load test the latest web applications  What’s a RIA ? Definition : a Rich Internet Application is capable of delivering a rich experience to the user: More connected More interactive More intuitive  What technologies are used ? AJAX based frameworks, FLEX, AIR, Silverlight, GWT, etc… 18/05/2015 9

Challenges for Testing RIA (1/4)  Faster development of webapps = Faster Testing required  More complex test cases due to increased user interactions  Browser server interactions are different from standard webapps which impacts the behavior of servers 18/05/

Challenges for testing RIA (2/4)  Manage specific formats encapsulated in HTTP requests Example for Flex content with AMF binary messages: 18/05/

Challenges for testing RIA (3/4)  A higher number of asynchronous requests to deal with  Switch from parrallel to sequential mode for the requests of a page  A higher number of dynamic parameters  Need to be able to define complex correlation « rules » to automate the future design of your scenarios 18/05/

Challenges for testing RIA (4/4)  Specific behaviour to take into account :  Polling: Involving the browser to query the server at regular intervals  Streaming (or « push »): the client sends a single request to the server and the server responds each time a pertinent information is available 18/05/

Challenges for Testing Complex Web Applications  Oracle E-Business Suite  Oracle Forms: handling the protocol + recent HTTP/S portal  Siebel Web  Complex HTTP/S with numerous dynamic parameters, specific format & AJAX  SAP Web  Numerous dynamic parameters 18/05/

mandotory elements to look for in a load testing tool to : Produce a realistic test  Script all major test cases  Variable extractor  Response validation  Advanced Variable managment  Realistic load policy  Errors managment 18/05/

Mandotory elements to look for in a load testing tool to : Make your results talk t o: 1. Know where your bottlenecks are  Must employ advanced monitoring for: O/S DB Application Server  Builld useful graphs and reports  Compare results with SLA and/or Reference tests 2. Take corrective actions 18/05/

A few best practices  Tips to take home to test your web applications  Test earlier in the development process  Test each new release and compare with previous  Start your test campaign with solid test plan  Spend time on what is the most important  Produce report understandable by all 18/05/

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