Load Testing Tool “Apache JMeter 5.3” Released

May 16, Apache JMeter developer team released the latest stable release “Apache JMeter 5.3”. Most notable enhancements are the changes added to the user interface.

Apache JMeter is a load testing tool written in Java. It can analyze the performance of a server, a group of servers, network, or object by generating numerous requests or simulating heavy loads against them. It was originally designed for testing the performance of Web Applications. However, as the capability has expanded since then, it can now run performance tests for other types of systems as well.

Apache JMeter 5.3 is the latest point release of the version 5 series, which came out in September 2018. It supports Java 8.

There are numerous UI-related improvements. It introduces “Darklaf”, which is a UI component “Look and Feel”, based on “Darcula-Laf”. It provides multiple themes with changeable UI color schemes, including dark themes with a dark color palette. It now supports shortcuts, in-app zooming, and undo/redo of field-level changes.

Tree-hierarchy-structure navigation has been improved. If an element in a tree is disabled, all its descendants will turn gray. Minor bug fixes have been made to HTTP Samplers, Test Script Recorder, Controllers, Listeners, and more

As to incompatible changes, the default value of httpclient4.time_to_live has been raised from 2000 to 60000. HTTP connection now lasts longer, and its behavior has gotten closer to that of a typical browser. Also, due to the upgrade to Groovy 3, users are warned that some old Groovy code of a test may not work.

Apache JMeter 5.3 is available on the project website.

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