Tools, Web based Application
Web Applications have a wide range of user populations. It is not uncommon to have tens of thousand of visitors hit a site during a week. One really needs to know if the application can perform under a load and what level of load. This type of testing is know as load testing. There are several load testing tools available. The industry standard tool is Mercury Interactive?s Load Runner. I’ve seen it, and I’d recommend it. Unfortunately, I haven’t had the chance to use it, but I’ll recommend the business case again next year. In the meantime, one tool that I recently tried out with CFMX is The Grinder.
The grinder is an open source load testing framework..
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Recording Web App test scripts
Hand coding the test scripts would get to be very trying in a very short time. In order to maintain one?s sanity, exploit the TCPProxy httpplugin to record scripts.
1. First, set up IE to temporarily use a proxy server.
- Menu -> Tools -> Internet Options -> Connections tab
- Click on Lan Settings button
- Check the use a proxy server for your lan setting
- Click on Advanced button
- Set the http proxy address to use to be localhost, port 8001
- Set the secure proxy address to use to be localhost, port 8001
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Web Hosting
I have been blogging for about 7 years. During that period, I experienced different types of situation — especially about dealing with many technical stuff. Let’s take the technical aspects of blogs. In my early years, I tried many blog services. And, when I wanted to move forward, I decided to get my first domain and hosting account..
These days, there are many hosting providers out there. Each of them offers many great features, discounts, and the price — sometimes — does not make any sense. The whole idea is that we — as customer — get many options of hosting providers. If we want to buy domain or hosting account, the process is very easy. The difficult part is getting the best service..
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Web Client
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There are many more web browsers available. These are the major options on the major platforms, and were chosen specifically from browsers that are actively developed or maintained and support modern web standards (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
Major Browsers: Windows, Mac & Linux
Opera
Opera has managed to weather the browser wars since its original release in 1996. Constantly innovating, this browser is now a full-fledged Internet suite with web, e-mail, news (usenet and RSS) and chat with a wealth of features for new switchers and power users alike..
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Firefox
Mozilla Firefox has been the most successful alternative web browser since the “browser wars” ended. The flagship product of the Mozilla Foundation traces its lineage back to the original Netscape. Firefox was designed for simplicity, security, and extensibility, with hundreds of extensions available..
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More Cross-Platform Browsers: Windows, Mac & Linux
Mozilla SeaMonkey
Originally created as an open-source testing ground for Netscape, Mozilla gained a following of its own as AOL put its stamp on Netscape. Mozilla implemented many of the features that have since made Firefox popular..
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Flock
Flock is a “social browser” built on a Firefox core that integrates with web services for blogging, photo sharing, and bookmark sharing..
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