To get the most out of this book
Most of the approaches and techniques described in this book are less tool-specific and more person-specific. There are, however, a few examples in the book that will benefit from downloading software or hardware and installing them. Most of the tools and techniques are platform agnostic or have distributions that work with all platforms. Some of the examples in this book are based on Ruby, so having a working version of Ruby on your system would be beneficial. In the Specialized Testing section there is an example based around JMeter, so installing JMeter and its components would likewise be worthwhile.
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Software/hardware covered in the book |
Operating system requirements |
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Ruby |
Windows, macOS, or Linux |
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JMeter |
Windows, macOS, or Linux |
If you are using the digital version of this book, we advise you to type the code yourself or access the code from the book’s GitHub repository (a link is available in the next section). Doing so will help you avoid any potential errors related to the copying and pasting of code.
