Getting Started

Start JMeter

Run the following commands to show the GUI

ant download_jars
ant run_gui

If everything works, then the JMeter GUI will be shown.

Create a Web Sampler

In the GUI, right click on the test plan to create a Thread Group.

Once created, the Thread Group contents should be displayed.

Then right click on the Thread Group to add a Web Browser Sampler.

The Web Browser Sampler contents should be displayed.

Create a Test script

In the Script pane enter the following commands to change the URL for the Web Browser.

SampleResult.sampleStart();
Browser.get('http://www.google.com');
SampleResult.sampleEnd();

Run the test by pressing the Start button. The browser should appear and it should go to Google as shown below.

See the [detailed example](Web Sampler Explained) for a more in depth discussion on the purpose of the Web Sampler and how to measure the user interactions.