Summary Web applications are based on client-server request-response mechanisms. Performance of any moderate- to high-functional Web application is directly proportional to the architectural decisions and the technologies chosen to support it. Performance also depends on the architectural awareness of a programmer and his ability to address it from...

Summary This paper is based on our testing experience of two major releases version 6 and version 7 of the multi-platform client server software SAS SHARE product which is the database management system for SAS users. It describes our test automation strategy for version 6 and identifies the achievements and weaknesses of our approach and explains...

This article details the importance of requirements and reviewing requirements. Including what testers should look for in acceptable requirements for the development of test cases....

The testing environment of many corporations is all too often composed of young employees thrust into the technical world fresh out of college. They are eager and completely overwhelmed with their new environment. Managers are called upon to teach these employees the ways of their company testing. The result is predictable. Managers with limited skills...

For many of today s smart devices Windows CE is the new operating system of choice. Increasingly developers are embedding Windows CE into many different types of appliances including set-top boxes gaming systems bar code scanners factory automation systems and many more. As Windows CE has grown so too has the need for off-the-shelf software...

Test automation is hard to implement in government departments because many of them lack official software test teams. The few departments that employ software testers tend to have business-analyst-type testers who lack technical software-testing expertise but who possess excellent knowledge of business logic. This is a problem from the perspective...

Automated testing is recognized as a cost-efficient way to increase application reliability while reducing the time and cost of software quality programs. Some of the common reasons for automating are reducing testing time reducing testing costs replicating testing across different platforms repeatability and control and application coverage and...

Christopher Nolan dispels the top 5 myths about automated testing tools and explains why developers and QA pros should reconsider their testing strategies particularly if they haven t evaluated automated testing tools in the past two years....

This article develops a Software Configuration Management SCM Reference Model. This model is intended to be a concise and practical guide which brings together in an outline fashion the framework and methodology necessary for planning customizing and implementing an SCM approach independent of specific SCM tool technologies or system platforms....

The choice of the right techniques is critical to achieving a good return on the test investment. Some tests happen before we can even run the software. Some tests involve analyzing the structure of the system while others involve analyzing the system s behavior. Each technique can involve special skills and particular participants and might appropriately...

This paper describes an interface-driven approach that combines requirement modeling to support automated test case and test driver generation. It focuses on how test engineers can develop more reusable models by clarifying textual requirements as models in terms of component or system interfaces. The focus of interface-driven modeling has been recognized...