Chapter 4. The Test Plan

Installing and running JMeter is incredibly easy, as you have seen in Chapter 3. This chapter will be a reality check—meaning the Test Plan is what JMeter is all about. If you have written or have used a test script/case before, you are ready to write a JMeter Test Plan. In a simple analogy, JMeter Test Plan encapsulates a test script that you would have written manually otherwise. This chapter will lead you further into knowledge of JMeter's individual components that build up a Test Plan for the purpose of our Test Plan walkthroughs later. This chapter aims to equip you with knowledge of JMeter Test Plan and its related components, so you can be more prepared to write a JMeter Web Test Plan for the purpose of this book.