A good load testing script exercises the functions and components as specified in the requirements gathering phase while simulating real users as closely as possible. Here are a few ways to make scripts more realistic.

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• 0:00 Intro
• 1:22 Static resources
• 2:31 Cache and cookies
• 3:02 Dynamic think time
• 5:07 Concurrent requests
• 5:45 Load profile
• 6:19 Test data
• 7:01 Different user paths
• 7:55 Other forms of testing