What is Pastèque?
Pastèque is an open-source load and performance testing tool written in Java. It allows users to create test scenarios to simulate load on web applications and measure their performance under this load.
Some key features of Pastèque include:
- Ability to simulate hundreds or thousands of concurrent users making requests to the application under test
- Support for common protocols like HTTP, HTTPS, SOAP, REST, etc.
- Configuration of think times, ramp-up periods, test durations etc. to model real-world usage
- Graphs and reports to analyze response times, transactions per second, errors, etc.
- Extensibility through custom plug-ins
- Platform-independent and available as a standalone package or MAVEN dependency
Pastèque is designed to be reasonably easy to use compared to other open-source load testing tools. Its configuration is XML-based. It comes with a set of reusable test steps and assertions out-of-the-box. Users can add custom coding for advanced scenarios if required. Reports and graphs provide a quick view of application performance.
Overall, Pastèque is a great open-source solution for load and performance testing of web applications with capabilities suited for testing small to medium-sized applications.