The following application types can be tested with
Silk Performer, both secure and unsecured:
Web Browser Web Browser application types are used for load testing applications that run within a Web browser.
Internet Select one of the Internet application types to test an application that relies upon Internet-based protocols and communication.
Terminal Emulation Silk Performer support for terminal emulation applications enables the recording of terminal-emulator traffic based on the Telnet protocol
("green screen" applications).
ERP/CRM Select an ERP/CRM application type to test an Enterprise Resource Planning or Customer Relationship Management application.
Web Services Select one of the Web Services application types to test an application which utilizes that Web services software framework.
Database Select one of the Database application types to test an application that relies on common database APIs.
Application Server/Component Models Select one of the Application Server/Component Models types to test an application that relies upon specific middleware.
Terminal Services Select one of the Terminal Services application types to test a Citrix-based application.
.NET Select one of the .NET application types to test Web Services, .NET Remoting objects, NUnit, or another .NET technology.
Java Select one of the Java application types to test Web Services, RMI, JUnit, or other Java-based technologies.
Frameworks Select one of the included frameworks to test an application using either the Java Framework, Visual Basic Framework, or .NET
Framework Using Visual Studio .NET.
Monitoring Select a Monitoring application type to generate server-side results that can be archived for future viewing and comparison. Monitoring also
reveals, locates, and resolves server bottlenecks, allowing you to examine the performance of operating systems and application
servers.
Unit Testing Select a Unit Testing application type to perform JUnit, Java, NUnit, or .NET unit testing.
GUI-Level Testing GUI-Level application types are used for the load testing of client applications that cannot be tested on the protocol or API levels.
Legacy The legacy group contains project types offered in earlier versions of Silk Performer.
Samples Select one of these preconfigured test script Samples to save time in the manual creation of your test script.