Course Description
The testing of Web applications is a critical discipline, and this course aims to take the student through the testing of all aspects of a Web application, including the front end and its performance and appearance in the browser, through to the back end and testing the components and classes that create the HTML and XML. The course, successfully used several times by one of the biggest ISPs in the world, also outlines the testing of Web services, and concludes by introducing the student to a number of testing tools such as JUnit, JMeter, XML Spy, and TestMaker.
Target Student:
This training course is designed for Web application developers and testers that need to effectively test XML and HTML based Web applications.
Prerequisites:
- Appreciation of the technologies used in Web application development
- Appreciation of the key concepts for application testing
Delivery Method:
Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
The training course combines lectures with practical exercises that help the delegates to put what they have learned on the training course into practice. The exercises specifically build on what has been recently taught and are built up as the training course progresses.
Performance-Based Objectives
At the end of this training course, students should be able to:
- Understand the testing requirements of Web applications
- Understand the core technologies used in the Web browser
- Understand the core server side technologies used in modern Web applications
- Objectively test the usability and effectiveness on browser based Web applications
- Work with and test XML documents and understand the difference between well formed and valid XML data
- Understand the role of Web services and how to test Web services
- Testing Web applications for scalability and performance
- Work with JUnit to unit test server side components of a Web application
- Work with JMeter to load test and function test a Web application
- Understand the role of test agents, and be able to use TestMaker to load test Web applications using different test agents
Course Content
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Introduction to Testing
- Defining testing
- The importance of testing
- Overview of Web application testing
- Creating a comprehensive test plan
2. Introduction to Web application architecture
- Introduction to the core Web application technologies
- Client side Web technologies
- Server side Web technologies
- Architecture of enterprise Web applications
3. Introduction to HTML
- Basic structure of HTML pages
- Working with text
- Working with links
- Working with images
- Working with tables
4. Testing Web Interfaces
- Identifying users
- Objective testing of usability
- Testing consistency
- Creating Web interface test plans
- Multiple browsers, screen resolutions and colour depths
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5. Working with JUnit
- Use object-orientation and encapsulation
- Define and use objects
- Describe value-type vs. reference types
- Define object construction and accessibility
6. Introduction to Web Services
- The role of Web Services
- The role of SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI
- Interoperable Web services
- Testing Web services
7. Stress and Performance Testing
- Different types of stress testing
- Load testing
- Performance testing
- Using server monitoring tools
- Using and working with log files
8. Working with JMeter
- Load testing an application with JMeter
- Functional testing with JMeter
- Identifying multithreading errors using JMeter
9. Working with TestMaker
- Creating test agents using TestMaker
- Running functional tests
- Running load tests with test agents
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