In this chapter, we learned some helpful tips that are essential for making testing with JMeter more pleasurable. We covered variables, functions, regular expression testers, and timers, to name a few. Along the way, we covered some additional helpful components provided by the excellent JMeter plugin extensions. We barely scratched the surface of the additional components it provides. We looked at JSON Extractor and Dummy Sampler to name just a few. For a full list of all components, we encourage you to read up on their website at https://code.google.com/p/jmeter-plugins/. Finally, we looked at how JMeter can help us work with the database and REST web services.

We hope by now that you know enough about JMeter to become proficient and attain your testing goals. In just a short time, you have grown from novice to pro. Though we can't cover all JMeter has to offer, we hope that we covered enough to make you see it as a valuable tool of choice when embarking on your next performance...