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<?xml version="1.0"?> <!-- ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more ~ contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership. ~ The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with ~ the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at ~ ~ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 ~ ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and ~ limitations under the License. --> <!DOCTYPE document [ <!ENTITY sect-num '25'> <!ENTITY hellip "&#x02026;" > ]> <document id="$Id$" prev="curl.html" > <properties> <title>User's Manual: History/Future</title> </properties> <body> <section name="&sect-num;. History and Future" anchor="history_future"> <subsection name="&sect-num;.1 History" anchor="history"> <p>Stefano Mazzocchi of the Apache Software Foundation was the original developer of JMeter. He wrote it primarily to test the performance of Apache JServ (a project that has since been replaced by the Apache Tomcat project). We redesigned JMeter to enhance the GUI and to add functional-testing capabilities. </p> <p>JMeter became a Top Level Apache project in November 2011, which means it has a Project Management Committee and a dedicated website.</p> </subsection> <subsection name="&sect-num;.2 The Future" anchor="future"> <p>We hope to see JMeter's capabilities rapidly expand as developers take advantage of its pluggable architecture. <br/> The primary goal of further developments will be: <ul> <li>Support of HTTP/2 protocol</li> <li>Possible rework of core architecture to introduce a pool of threads or switch to async model allowing us to take advantage of async io</li> <li>Enhancements to Webservices protocols (REST / SOAP)</li> <li>Enhancements to JMS protocol implementation</li> <li>&hellip;</li> </ul> <note>You can help us by contributing to JMeter through any piece of work, read <a href="../building.html" >this document</a></note> </p> </subsection> </section> </body> </document>