In this chapter, you will learn the fundamentals and intermediate skills that will help you work better with JMeter. Tasks such as executing or recording scripts are routine and you can be almost certain that you will need to perform them, sometimes on a daily basis. Also, we will learn how to view and analyze the results of test executions, feed data into test scripts, and make test scripts mimic user behavior with the aid of timers. In later recipes, we dive into dealing with handling authentication, authorization, and testing today's new breed of applications with JMeter.