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Effective Testing of Web Applications

2 days practical workshop for up to 12 people.

Only £790 per person

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 JSON services. The course introduces the student to a number of testing tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, JUnit, JMeter, MS Test, and automated test runners such as Maven.

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The training course comprises of instructor-led presentations and practical hands-on exercises. The practical sessions are structured to give the delegates the opportunity to put into practice all of the language constructs covered during the instructor-led sessions. The delegates will be able to take away with them copies of all the code they have written, along with sample solutions and demonstration code.

Training Course Objectives

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
Scenario based testing using Cucumber and Gherkin
Integrating Cucumber and Selenium to facilitate automated acceptance tests
Work with and test JSON based REST APIs
Testing Restful 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

Who it is for

This training course is designed for Web application developers and testers that need to effectively faciliatate the automated testing of Web applications.

Training Course Prerequisites

Appreciation of the technologies used in Web application development
Appreciation of the key concepts for application testing

Chapters

Chapter 1 Introduction to Testing

Defining testing
The importance of testing
Overview of Web application testing
Creating a comprehensive test plan
The role of automation in modern testing

Chapter 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

Chapter 3 Introduction to HTML

Basic structure of HTML pages
Working with text
Working with CSS
Working with images
Working with forms

Chapter 4 Testing Web Interfaces

Identifying users
Objective testing of usability
Testing consistency
Creating Web interface test plans
Multiple browsers, screen resolutions and colour depths
Testing Responsiveness

Chapter 5 Working with JUnit

Use object-orientation and encapsulation
Define and use objects
Describe value-type vs. reference types
Define object construction and accessibility

Chapter 6 Testing Client side JavaScript

JavaScript testing frameworks
Working with Jasmine
Working with Mocha

Chapter 7 Introduction to RESTful Services

The role of REST
JSON Syntax

Chapter 8 Testing RESTful Services

Testing strategies for RESTful services
Testing with Selenium
Testing with Scripting Languages

Chapter 9 Stress and Performance Testing

Different types of stress testing
Load testing
Performance testing
Using server monitoring tools
Using and working with log files

Chapter 10 Working with JMeter