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AlexKaras
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10 years ago

Record scenarion in one shot or in a small chunks - what is recommended ?

Hi,   Given there is a complex web application with a wide functionality provided and the necessity to have several load scenarios aimed to be combined in the tests that imitate different end-use...
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AlexeyKryuchkov
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10 years ago
Hi Alex,

Personally, I prefer not to reuse any scenarios at all. I’d rather record scenarios of any complexity at once, no matter whether there will be any "reusable" parts like login, logout etc. This frees me from the jigsaw puzzle of combining atomic scenarios into a complex one. I think that I have such an opinion as being a support engineer I've never had any big load testing tasks, and I don't really understand the value of reusing scenarios =)

So, I have to perform a mental experiment. If I had to create scenario chunks, I would still start with recording a long scenario as I'd need to learn the logic in the HTTP traffic. Only then I would try to extract any simpler scenarios from it.
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    AlexKaras
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    10 years ago

    Hi Alexey,

     

    Thank you a lot for your comments.

    I have to say that in general they correspond to my current vision. :)

    I hope that I will have a chance to verify this my vision in some near future and get a more practical experience of how well it works for me.