Stress Testing APIs with Gatling and Scala Practice Exam
Stress Testing APIs with Gatling and Scala Practice Exam
About Stress Testing APIs with Gatling and Scala Exam
This exam assesses the knowledge and skills required to stress test APIs using Gatling and Scala effectively. It focuses on understanding how to design, implement, and execute performance tests for web services to ensure they can handle high loads and traffic. The exam will cover key concepts such as load testing, API performance monitoring, and using Gatling, an open-source tool for testing the performance of APIs and web applications, along with Scala for scripting and customizing test scenarios.
Skills Required
- Familiarity with web services and APIs, including RESTful and SOAP architectures.
- Understanding of performance testing concepts and metrics like response time, throughput, and concurrency.
- Proficiency in using Gatling for creating and executing performance tests.
- Knowledge of Scala programming language for scripting and defining test scenarios in Gatling.
- Experience in setting up and configuring testing environments for scalability and load distribution.
- Ability to analyze performance test results and identify bottlenecks and optimization opportunities.
- Understanding of stress testing principles and best practices for simulating real-world traffic loads.
Who should take the Exam?
This exam is ideal for:
- Performance Testers and QA Engineers
- Software Developers and DevOps Engineers
- Technical Leads
- IT Professionals
Course Outline
The Stress Testing APIs with Gatling and Scala Exam covers the following topics -
Domain 1 - Getting Started with Gatling
- Introduction to Gatling and its capabilities.
Domain 2 - Installing Gatling and Using the Recorder
- Download and install Gatling from the official website.
- Overview of the Gatling Recorder tool.
- Record a user journey and convert it into a Gatling script.
- Execute your first Gatling script.
Domain 3 - Setting Up Dependencies and Configuring Gatling Projects
- Introduction to the application being tested.
- Required prerequisites for Gatling development.
- How to configure your Gatling project environment.
- Write your first Gatling script.
Domain 4 - Understanding Gatling Script Essentials
- Adding pause time between requests.
- Validating response codes.
- Verifying response body content.
- Extracting data from responses.
- Debugging session variables.
- Reusing code in Gatling scripts.
- Looping through HTTP requests.
- Handling authentication in Gatling.
Domain 5 - Using Gatling Feeders
- Working with CSV feeders for dynamic data input.
- Creating basic and advanced custom feeders.
- Using templating files in Gatling for data management.
Domain 6 - Designing Load Simulations
- Implementing basic load simulations.
- Creating ramp-up user load simulations.
- Performing fixed-duration load testing.
Domain 7 - Running Gatling Tests from the Command Line
- Executing Gatling tests via the command line interface.
- Configuring runtime parameters for tests.
Domain 8 - Bringing It All Together
- Challenge template for hands-on practice.
- Solution for the final challenge.
Domain 9 - Test Execution Monitoring and Reporting
- Monitoring the execution of tests in real-time.
- Generating and analyzing Gatling test result reports.
Domain 10 - Integrating Gatling with Continuous Integration Tools
- Overview of integrating Gatling with CI tools.
- Setting up GitHub repositories for Gatling tests.
- Configuring Jenkins for Gatling tests.
- Running your first Gatling test in Jenkins.
- Triggering new tests from Jenkins.
- Using Jenkins parameters to control Gatling tests.
- Implementing assertions to fail Jenkins builds.
- Integrating Gatling with Travis CI.
- Using environment variables in Travis CI for Gatling testing.
