METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMANCE TESTING

• US 20200133829A1
• Filed: 10/25/2019
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2018
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Jofel Industrial, S.A.
• Original Assignee: Smartbear Software Incorporated
• Inventors: Zazo, Pedro Abraham Nevado, Sundaram, Anand R., Natarajan, Sapna
• Application Number:
  US16/663,884
• Publication Number:
  US 20200133829A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3414 Workload generation, e.g. scripts, playback
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3428 Benchmarking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3433 for load management allocation of a server based on load conditions G06F9/505; load rebalancing G06F9/5083; redistributing the load in a network by a load balancer H04L67/1029
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3438 monitoring of user actions tracking the activity of the user H04L67/535
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3457 Performance evaluation by simulation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3684 for test design, e.g. generating new test cases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3688 for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3692 for test results analysis

Abstract

A method includes executing a web-based application within a first browser, executing and displaying a second browser inside of the web-based application, receiving, via the second browser, data indicative of one or more inputs including a browser session and recording and storing the one or more inputs on a computer readable medium.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

executing a web-based application within a first browser;

executing and displaying a second browser inside of the web-based application;

receiving, via the second browser, data indicative of one or more inputs comprising a browser session; and

recording and storing the one or more inputs on a computer readable medium.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising utilizing the stored one or more inputs to simulate a load on a server.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein utilizing the stored one or more inputs comprises replaying the stored one or more inputs as inputs to the server at a predetermined scale.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein replaying the stored one or more inputs comprises running a plurality of browsers in a headless mode.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising receiving an indication that replaying the stored one or more inputs has generated an error.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein, upon receiving the indication, replaying of the stored one or more inputs is suspended.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein replaying of the stored one or more inputs is suspended for a predetermined amount of time.

8. A method comprising:

recording and storing on a computer readable medium data indicative of one or more inputs comprising a browser session of a user executing on a client device;

replaying the stored one or more inputs as a plurality of virtual user sessions to a server at a predetermined scale sufficient to simulate a predefined number of virtual users based, at least in part, upon an existing server environment; and

inspecting, during the replaying of the one or more inputs, a single instance of one of the plurality of virtual user sessions.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the inspecting comprises observing a graphical representation of a user interface of one of the plurality of virtual user sessions.

10. A system comprising:

a non-transient computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to;

execute a web-based application within a first browser;

execute and displaying a second browser inside of the web-based application;

receive, via the second browser, data indicative of one or more inputs comprising a browser session; and

record and store the one or more inputs on a computer readable medium.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further configured to utilize the stored one or more inputs to simulate a load on a server.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein utilizing the stored one or more inputs comprises replaying the stored one or more inputs as inputs to the server at a predetermined scale.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein replaying the stored one or more inputs comprises running a plurality of browsers in a headless mode.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to receive an indication that replaying the stored one or more inputs has generated an error.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein, upon receiving the indication, replaying of the stored one or more inputs is suspended.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein replaying of the stored one or more inputs is suspended for a predetermined amount of time.

17. A system comprising:

a non-transient computer readable medium storing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to;

record and store on a computer readable medium data indicative of one or more inputs comprising a browser session of a user executing on a client device;

replay the stored one or more inputs as a plurality of virtual user sessions to a server at a predetermined scale sufficient to simulate a predefined number of virtual users based, at least in part, upon an existing server environment; and

inspect, during the replaying of the one or more inputs, a single instance of one of the plurality of virtual user sessions.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the inspecting comprises observing a graphical representation of a user interface of one of the plurality of virtual user sessions.