How can I generate simulated traffic on my Django application running locally, to test and monitor performance under a high volume of requests?
This isn’t really a Django-specific question. You can use any tool capable of submitting a request for this purpose.
I’ve found a couple of blog posts that might give you some ideas:
Side note: I use jMeter. (not that I would ever specifically recommend it to anyone as their first tool) I use it because it can test a wide variety of network-based tools and protocols, not just http.
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