What you need for this book

To follow along with the examples in this book, you will need the following:

• A computer with an Internet connection
• Apache JMeter: http://jmeter.apache.org/
• Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK): http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html

In addition, for some recipes in Chapter 1, JMeter Fundamentals, you will need the following:

• Google Chrome Browser: https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/
• Apache Maven: http://maven.apache.org/
• YourKit Java Profiler: http://www.yourkit.com/ (this is commercial ware, but the free trial will do to follow along with the recipe)
• A Heroku account: http://www.heroku.com
• Apache Tomcat: http://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi

For Chapter 5, Diving into Distributed Testing, you will need the following:

• Vagrant: http://www.vagrantup.com/
• An AWS account: http://aws.amazon.com/
• A Flood.IO account: https://flood.io/
• A BlazeMeter account: http://blazemeter.com

For Chapter 8, Beyond the Basics, any free Java IDE will do. This includes the following:

• IntelliJ Community Edition: http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/download/
• Eclipse: https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

The book contains pointers and additional helpful links to set all these up.