How to Create my First Load Test with JMeter? I have just installed JMeter on my computer.

You can follow this tutorial to create your first JMeter load test.

1. Start JMeter on your computer.

2. Right-click on "Test Plan" in left panel and select "Add > Threads (Users) > Thread Group". You see a new "Thread Group" is added.

3. Update the following "Thread Group" settings:

Number of threads: 10
Ramp-up period: 1 (second)
Loop count: 10

4. Right-click on "Thread Group" in the left panel and select "Add > Sampler > HTTP Request" to add the first sampler with the following settings:

Name: Facebook
Protocol: https
Server name: www.facebook.com

5. Right-click on "Thread Group" in the left panel and select "Add > Sampler > HTTP Request" to add another sampler with the following settings:

Name: Google
Protocol: https
Server name: www.google.com

6. Click "File > Save Test Plan As" menu and save it as "\fyicenter\First-Load-Test.jmx".

The picture below shows you how to create your first JMeter load test:

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