Testing Applications on the Web: Test Planning for Mobile and Internet-Based Systems, Second Edition

Preface

Testing Applications on the Web introduces the essential technologies, testing concepts, and techniques that are associated with browser-based applications. It offers advice pertaining to the testing of business-to-business applications, business-to-end-user applications, Web portals, and other Internet-based applications. The primary audience is software testers, software quality engineers, quality assurance staff, test managers, project managers, IT managers, business and system analysts, and anyone who has the responsibility of planning and managing Web-application test projects.

Testing Applications on the Web begins with an introduction to the client-server and Web system architectures. It offers an in-depth exploration of Web application technologies such as network protocols, component-based architectures, and multiple server types from the testing perspective. It then covers testing practices in the context of various test types from user interface tests to performance, load, and stress tests, and security tests. Chapters 1 and 2 present an overview of Web testing. Chapters 3 through 6 cover methodology and technology basics, including a review of software testing basics, a discussion on networking, an introduction to component-based testing, and an overview of the mobile device platform. Chapters 7 through 9 discuss testing planning fundamentals, a sample application to be used as an application under test (AUT) throughout the book, and a sample test plan. Chapters ...