Jenkins World 2017

The goal of Continuous Testing is to find defects earlier and release software faster. This can be achieved by integrating open-source functional and performance testing tools in the early stages of your software delivery lifecycle.

Join us in this hands-on workshop, where we will teach you to implement Continuous Testing by using multiple tools.

1. Introduction to CI/CD testing,

You will learn the basics of continuous integration and continuous testing.

• Explaining the concept of shifting left and its value
• Introducing Jenkins, JMeter, BlazeMeter and Taurus

2. Running a JMeter Performance Test from within a Jenkins project

You will learn how to use JMeter, the most popular open-source load testing tool, and how to run a JMeter test from a Jenkins project

• Installing JMeter on the Jenkins server
• Going over JMeter non-gui and command line options
• Running JMeter from your Jenkins project by using the ‘execute shell’ build step
• Installing the Performance Plugin for Jenkins and learning how to use it

3. BlazeMeter Plugin for Jenkins

You will learn how to use the BlazeMeter SaaS platform and how to run a BlazeMeter test from a Jenkins Project

• Installing the BlazeMeter plugin for Jenkins
• Configuring your BlazeMeter API key
• Explaining the plugin options: path to JTL, path to JUnit and pass session properties
• Choosing a BlazeMeter test from the plugin and running the Jenkins job
• Accessing the test report from the Console Output

4. Introduction to Taurus

You will learn how to use Taurus, an open-source test automation framework and hear about its advantages

• Installing Taurus
• Explaining Taurus and the pain points it answers
• Building and automating tests
• How to easily manage and maintain Taurus scripts from SCM

5. Advanced Taurus and Cloud Scaling

You will learn advanced Taurus modules and how to leverage Taurus to run large scale performance tests in the cloud

• Running the pass/fail module
• Running the Shellexec module
• Running Taurus cloud scaling
• Uploading a Taurus script to GitHub and integrating your Github repository to Jenkins
• Running Taurus from your Jenkins project by using the ‘execute shell’ build step
• Introducing Pipelines and running Taurus from your Jenkins project by using Pipelines

Come join us for a fun and useful workshop and release faster.