Advanced Gatling for Stress Testing Web Applications

About this course

This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Unlock the full potential of performance testing for web applications with Gatling! This advanced course will guide you through the process of stress testing, building, and optimizing frameworks for real-world applications like Ace Toys. You'll start by setting up a Gatling development environment, recording user journeys, and implementing robust testing strategies. As you move through the days, you will explore data management using CSV, JSON, and custom feeders, and master programmatic logic with session variables, dynamic configurations, and complex test scenarios. By Day 7, you'll have gained invaluable skills in integrating continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) tools, using Jenkins for automating your Gatling tests. Along the way, you will enhance your scripting techniques, track real-time data, and create efficient, reusable frameworks that perform well under pressure. This course is designed to give you hands-on experience while tackling complex load simulation challenges. Ideal for experienced testers, developers, and DevOps professionals, this course will help you take your performance testing skills to the next level. Some prior knowledge of Gatling and performance testing concepts is recommended.

Course objectives

• to strengthen your performance testing skills
• to provide hands-on experience with complex load simulations