The Web Testing Companion:
The Insider's Guide to Efficient and Effective Tests

(by Lydia Ash, Lydia Ash)

• Written by one of Microsoft's key testing trainers, this hands-on tutorial and reference explains why, when, what, and how to test
• Teaches new and experienced testers how to analyze and properly test Web applications
• Filled with practical advice that can be immediately applied to any Web-testing task, on any browser running on any platform
• Concentrates on proven solutions and presents the material in a way that will help develop a professional skill set in novice testers and will improve the productivity of all testers
• Companion Web site includes dozens of valuable templates and test patterns that will allow readers to rapidly conduct tests in multiple languages against all browser and operating-system combinations

The Web Testing Handbook

(by Steven Splaine, Stefan P. Jaskiel, Alberto Savoia)

"We're living in the age of convergence, and technology is the catalyst that's bringing us all together..."
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The Web Testing Handbook is the definitive resource for testing Web sites and Internet-based applications. Many developers and testers are making the transition from traditional Client/Server, PC, and/or Mainframe systems to testing rapidly changing Web sites and applications. The Web Testing Handbook can help make this transition easier by explaining these new technologies and suggesting test cases and techniques that can be included in a Web site's Functional, Performance, Compatibility, and Usability test plans. Readers will gain an invaluable overview of the most common technologies being used to build Web sites and applications. You will learn proven tips and techniques for testing these Web technologies, obtain a reference of representative Web testing tools, and explore numerous case study checklists that demonstrate effective Web site/application testing. The companion Web site featured in The Web Testing Handbook opens a window into a hands-on, interactive Web testing environment. Readers who put into practice the testing tips and techniques covered in this book will gain real-world Web testing experience.

Quality Web Systems:
Performance, Security, and Usability

(by Elfriede Dustin, Jeff Rashka, Douglas McDiarmid, Jakob Nielson)

Today's web software professionals must deliver new web applications to market quickly, while incorporating proper functionality, ease-of-use, security, and performance. This pressure underscores the need for effective engineering that facilitates both quality and rapid web system development.

Quality Web Systems provides web developers and software test professionals with practical, experience-based guidance on web system engineering. Concise and straightforward, this book provides a framework for ensuring that key web system success criteria is addressed during the development of the web system. Detailed, technical guidance is provided for each success criteria, including testing strategies that allow for verification of a quality implementation.

This book addresses the key success factors of quality web systems including: proper specification of system functionality, ease-of-use, compatibility with a variety of browsers, security, and system performance and scalability. Engineering these qualities into the system throughout the development life cycle, while performing relevant testing, prevents flaws that can later prove to be disastrous, and produces a product that is well-received by its customers.

A case study is used throughout the book to illustrate practical applications of issues, approaches, strategies, and techniques.

Specific topics covered include:

• Web system success criteria
• Engineering functionality through use case analysis
• Test cases from RSI use cases
• Security of web system components and databases
• Compatibility with multiple web browsers
• Performance and scalability behavior
• Load analysis and capacity planning
• Usability concerns and test strategies
• Test tool evaluation guide

With the information and guidance in Quality Web Systems, you will be better able to ensure the development of a quality, timely, and successful web application.