How to load test a WinForms application?

Question

I'm trying to figure out the best way to load test a Windows Forms application, that hits a server and gets a response. I need to load test it for multiple users and I'm not sure if the load testing tools inside visual studio 2010 will work.

Any advice is appreciated.

Answer 1

Here's something you can try..

• In a test application, write a method A that encapsulates the code that makes call to the server, and receives the response.
• In the same application, write a method B that create multiple threads. Each thread would execute method A.
• Make sure to calculate how much time it takes to finish work on each thread.
• Increase the number of threads to simulate more load.

Moving the code that makes the call to the server to method A without the rest of the application should make repeating the test much easier and ease the load on the client machine performing the test.

Here's sample code of a similar idea simulating load test of accessing a database C# Stress Test - Simulate multiple access to a given shared resource