Introducing Automation


The last part of this chapter is somewhat a lead-in to the next chapter of the book, "Automated Testing and Test Tools."

You may have wondered as you read this chapter how you could possibly have enough time to thoroughly test a large and complex website. The simple act of clicking all the hyperlinks to make sure that they're valid could take a great deal of time. Add in testing the basic functionality of the website's features, doing configuration and compatibility testing, and figuring out a way to test performance and loading by simulating thousands or even millions of users, and you have a big job.

Thankfully, you don't have to do all this testing manually. Testing tools are available, both free and for purchase, that will make your job much easier. Several tools are located at www.netmechanic.com. This site, and others like it, provides easy-to-use tools that will automatically examine your website and test it for things such as browser compatibility, performance problems, broken hyperlinks, HTML standard adherence, and spelling. They can even tell you what graphics on your site are possibly too large and are causing it to be slow. Such tools can save you many hours of what would normally be manual work. Look at them for an idea of what you'll learn about in Chapter 15.



    Software Testing
    Lessons Learned in Software Testing
    ISBN: 0471081124
    EAN: 2147483647
    Year: 2005
    Pages: 233

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