Chapter 4Connecting the Dots with Integration Tests

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Once you’ve learned how to write integration tests, the world is your oyster. Not only will you be able to test any back-end web service, you can script and test just about any user interaction you can can think of from a browser, all with a few simple HTTP commands.

Testers, this is a good chapter for you to study so you can start to get familiar with how protocols like HTTP work, which is handy stuff to know if you’re going to be testing web applications.

Developers, this chapter will show you the types of things we typically look for when testing web services, and it will give you an alternative ...

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