I have developed a schedule of classes app for the university that I attend and currently work for.
Functionally it works well, but we want to load test it to make sure the SQL, database, and server hosting the app will be able to handle
the 10,000 to 15,000 page hits we get on our busiest days.
The app version is 5.0, and what we want to know is, how have people been doing load testing on their apps?
I've looked into jmeter, however, since our app is mostly using buttons and links for navigation, I will add that the app is not complex at all,
it doesn't seem to be a good choice, or at least I'm not setting it up correctly.
I've also looked into Selenium grid 2.0, since I can record the user interaction with Selenium on the app, but the issue with Selenium grid is we don't
have enough resources to run it with the number of browsers we would need, and we don't have any available budget for using cloud services.
So any links to resources would be very helpful, and if possible, we are trying to stick with freely available tools, but comments to this question don't
have to be strictly free tools.