One of the unsung heroes in the Apache regiment of Java libraries is the load testing tool JMeter. Released in the earliest days of Java 1.1, JMeter has become an indispensable tool for testing load ...

Load testing tools are important to test a specific software's performance in actual or realistic environments. After all, a web application is only as favorable as its use in practical scenarios.

In 1999, the world was a very different place. Less than 4% of the world population was using the internet—largely over dial-up modems. Google was just coming out of beta, sites like Ask Jeeves, Alta ...