Starter project for writing performance tests with Gatling, using Gradle as buildtool.

Simulations can be run locally using Gradle. ./gradlew gatlingRun runs all simulations, ./gradlew gatlingRun-SimpleSimulation runs the specific simulation.

Gatling provides its own DSL to elegantly build tests. A few of the most important concepts are listed below. For more information, see the Gatling documentation: https://gatling.io/docs/current/

A scenario contains at least one request. Typically, this is a HTTP request.

Checks are used to validate responses, and to extract data from said responses.

A simulation can be seen as the actual test. It determines what scenario's should be run, and how many users should be simulated over the scenario's.

Asserts the outcomes of the simulation results.

In order to make tests data-driven, values can be made dynamic throughout requests. Gatling will substitute ${value} with the actual value of the variable, if available. Value's can be injected into sessions through feeders or by extracting them from responses.

Feeders take data from various sources, and inject them into a session.

Reports get saved to the build/reports/gatling folder.