Testing web applications focusing on their specialties

Abstract

Nowadays, Web applications are very prevalent around the world, and it becomes more and more important to ensure their qualities by testing. However, due to the special characters of Web applications, traditional testing methods are not suitable for Web testing in many aspects. So based on the related work by now, this paper presents our research work in such areas as the Web application modeling, the test case generation, the detailed testing methods and techniques, the testing executing process, and the testing measurements. And based on the rules of software engineering, these processes are the necessary parts of the whole testing. Our methods focus on such specialties as numerous users, distributed structures, dynamic and interactive functions of Web applications and the improvements for the testing efficiency.

Realistic load testing of Web applications

“…However, realism in the simulation of user behaviour for the purpose of load testing has been found to be crucial [29,1]. "A load test is valid only if virtual users' behaviour has characteristics similar to those of actual users" because "failure to mimic real user behaviour can generate totally inconsistent results" [16].…”

A Framework for Detecting and Diagnosing Configuration Faults in Web Applications

“…The majority of the research effort found in the literature has been concentrated in applying traditional QA measures to web-based software. In particular, several tools and techniques have been developed to assess the functionality and performance of web applications including general frameworks [53,42,40,52] and test case generation strategies [2], to the application of traditional white-box testing techniques [47,39], object-oriented based strategies [28], and statistical testing approaches [24]. Although the pursuit of web quality is a unifying factor between the cited work and the research presented in this thesis, none of the fore mentioned approaches concentrates on how to detect configuration faults before web applications are fielded.…”

Modeling a Realistic Workload for Performance Testing

“…In the simulation of user behavior for the purpose of load testing it has been found to be crucial [3], [33]. "A load test is valid only if virtual users' behavior has characteristics similar to those of actual users" because "failure to mimic real user behavior can generate totally inconsistent results" [20].…”