Overview
In this tutorial, let’s learn about web testing tools. Websites are essentially client/server applications. The web application is hosted or deployed on web servers and accessed by clients like web browsers. Web testing ensures application functionality, performance, security, and overall quality.
Web application Testing
A web application is a software application accessed and used over the Internet through a web browser. Web application testing is a software testing type that verifies the web application quality.
To know more about web application testing : Web Testing
Web Testing Tools
Web testing tools are used to test web applications and websites. The interactions between HTML pages, TCP/IP communications, Internet connections, firewalls, applications that run on the web pages (such as applets, javascript, plug-in applications), and applications that run on the server side (such as CGI scripts, database interfaces, logging applications, dynamic pages, etc.).
Compatibility testing is necessary as there are various servers and browsers, various versions of each, small but sometimes significant differences between them, variations in connection speeds, rapidly changing technologies, and multiple standards and protocols. This is particularly emphasized in the context of a full stack developer online course.
Functional Tools
There are various web testing tools, each serving a specific purpose in the testing process. Some of the web testing tools are as follows:
- Selenium
- Cypress
Selenium is a popular open-source framework for automating web browsers. It supports multiple programming languages and allows testers to write scripts to simulate user interactions with web applications.
Cypress is a JavaScript-based end-to-end testing framework that enables fast, reliable testing that runs in a browser.
Load/Stress Testing Tools
- JMeter
- LoadRunner
- Astra Site Test ( old tool )
JMeter is an open-source tool for performance and load testing. It can simulate multiple users and analyze the performance of various services, including web servers and databases.
LoadRunner is a performance testing tool from Micro Focus that helps simulate virtual users, measure application performance, and identify bottlenecks.
Astra Site Test by Mercury Interactive and Silk Performer by Seague Software evaluate web-based systems when subjected to large volumes of transaction data.
HTML Test Tools
- Doctor HTML
Doctor HTML by Imagineware to verify HTML if we don’t have an HTML checker with web development packages.
SQA Site checks by Rational Software to identify inconsistencies and errors such as moved pages, orphaned pages, and broken links.
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