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2 days
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NZD $1750 + GST
AUD $1650 inc GST
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Software Testing

Web Testing

Deal with the challenges of testing web applications

This course is your chance to really understand and practice the solutions to the challenges faced when testing web applications. You will learn how to reveal the specific technical and business risks, and to assess these risks using a professional testing approach.

During this course, testers will learn how to deal with the specific characteristics of web applications:

  • Exposure of the application to a lot of users, some with an investigative nature
  • A short time to market, especially for e-business solutions
  • Rapidly changing technologies for web applications

"I thought the course was great, easy to follow and understand the new concepts."

The content of this course is a well balanced selection of our most successful customer specific web testing courses, containing real world examples and guaranteeing that you obtain the right ingredients for successfully testing your web applications. You will receive practical tips, numerous checklists and references to handy freeware tools so you can 'hit the ground running' when you return to your workplace.

Intended For

This is a highly interactive course for all testers who already understand the basic testing principles and now choose to take up the challenges of web testing.

Prerequisites

Understanding the principles of testing.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • understand and discuss the architecture and technology behind web applications
  • identify the specific risk areas of your web applications
  • cover the risk areas like usability, security and performance with smart test approaches and practical test techniques
  • understand when and where automating your tests is cost effective
  • deal with the challenges of web testing.

Content

This course is packed with real life examples and succinct exercises, preparing you to deal with your own web testing challenges. The following topics will be covered:

Why do we have websites?
  • Types of business needs
  • Information transfer and availability
  • People using them

What are the types of websites

  • Internet - sales
  • Intranet - internal business information transfer
  • Search Engines
  • Other

Languages of the web

  • HTML, Java, .net, Flash/ActiveX, Shockwave, etc.

Web-site testing approaches

  • Discuss software development methodologies
  • Test approaches and techniques
  • Which environments do we need?
  • Key website issues 

Functional testing

  • Typical functional tests
  • Functional test tools

Compatibility & configuration testing

  • Typical compatibility tests
  • Compatibility test tools
  • Configuration testing
  • Configuration test design techniques

Usability

  • Defining usability 
  • Types of usability tests
  • Usability test approaches
  • Usability checklists

Performance

  • Load and stress testing
  • How to test for it?
  • Types of performance testing 
  • Performance test tools

Security

  • Functional security testing
  • Technical security testing
  • OWASP - Top 10
  • Quick wins

Other

  • Functional testing (ISO9126)
  • Non-Functional testing (ISO9126)
  • Common web testing approaches and checklists

 

Method Used

During this content rich course, participants will actively participate in identifying the challenges encountered when testing web applications and will identify specific testing solutions for their own web applications.

Lecturing is kept to the minimum necessary and exercises are used to reinforce and cement the learning experience, utilising a test laboratory* on the second course day.

* Every participant will have dedicated use of a workstation for the lab-based exercises.

Testimonials

"Training provided by Sharon was first class, enjoyable and informative."

   Steve Meakes, Test Analyst, Department of Justice Victoria, Melbourne

"I thought the course was great, easy to follow and understand the new concepts."

   Udara Fernando, Senior Test Analyst, Department of Justice Victoria, Melbourne

"Once again, a well presented comprehensive course.  Thank you!"

   Di Jewell, Informatics Nurse, Royal District Nursing Service

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