LoadRunner (now called HP LoadRunner, since HP bought Mercury Interactive) is one of the most popular software automation and testing programs on the market. It is a comprehensive testing program that gives webmasters and developers the ability to test the functionality and load managing ability of their website. There are many reasons why LoadRunner is so popular and why it is a good choice as a software testing tool for your website.
In the Java community, extreme programming has become a norm, leading to the increased use of the JUnit
software testing tool by developers. According to
http://junit.sourceforge.net, JUnit is a simple, open source framework to write and run repeatable tests. For test-driven development to be
successful, it is essential to use JUnit effectively.
Software testing is an important part of developing a program or web based application. Testing the functionality and usability of your website or program is a crucial part of determining if your website or program will function well for users. Software testing usually includes executing a program or performing actions on a website for the purpose of finding software bugs, assessing how the software or website performs under different conditions, and determining if it can manage the amount of expected load when in operation.
Software testing is an important step when designing a website or developing a program. Testing the usability and functionality of your website is important because if your web site does not function properly you may loose potential customers or traffic. Software testing normally involves performing actions on a website or executing a program in order to find bugs and glitches. It also assesses how well the software or website will perform given different variables and determines if it can handle the amount of expected traffic when in operation.
Selenium provides an open source software testing framework that is ideal for web-based applications and sites. Developers can write the tests in the form of HTML tables or can code them in any popular programming language. Moreover, Selenium can be deployed on any of the modern web browsers to test web site performance. Selenium has a Firefox extension for test case recording and editing in IDE (Integrated Development Environment). Developers can deploy Selenium
on Macintosh, Linux or Windows.
LinkedIn was down yesterday, adding to the list of recent failures in web services. The company reported this to be related to a recent update and higher than normal usage. The recently added features are similar to those offered by Facebook and Twitter which allow users to send info about what they are currently doing to their connections.
Disclosure: We like LinkedIn. For business networking in the US, I don’t think there is a better service.
Dark clouds form over Santa Fe, New Mexico at the time of sunset and create beautiful effect in the sky. Pictured with a Nikon D50 Camera in May 2007.
Several hours of downtime with Amazon’s Simple Storage Service last Friday caused other services that rely on Amazon’s infrastructure to have problems. Twitter, Tumblr, SmugMug and others that depend on S3 were down or having problems. This challenges the wisdom of using cloud computing but it is important to distinguish between availability and data loss. In this case there was limited availability but no data loss.
When we talk of software testing, technical prowess in white box testing involves detecting vulnerabilities in the logical structure of the code implementation. White box testing is also referred to as glass box testing, clear box testing and structural testing. It requires testers to create test cases to test the internal path of programs. The tester should have strong programming skills to choose the appropriate inputs for checking the accuracy of program logics
in order to get the required output. White box testing should ideally
JMeter, introduced by Apache Jakarta, is a pure Java desktop application and a widely used software testing tool. It is an open source tool used for load testing client/server applications and allows you to measure and analyze the performance of various services and web applications. It can be used in the form of a unit test for FTP, Webservices, HTTP, JDBC database connections, LDAP, JMS and TCP connections.
To test the strength of JMeter, you can simulate heavy load on an object, a network or a server. Moreover, it is easy to evaluate its performance under diverse load types.
Wow! Seems like a big thunderstorm is going to hit the area. Scary!
A lightning strikes over the beautiful downtown of Salak Selatan, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia. Shot with a Sony DSLR-A200 Camera in March, 2008.
Dark clouds take over city of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The picture was taken from a television tower in July, 2006.
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| Company | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The above data were fictional and made up, please do not sue me | ||||
| Microsoft | 20.3 | 30.5 | 23.5 | 40.3 |
| 50.2 | 40.63 |
What a beautiful sight of rain falling, droplets on tips of tree leaves in the background! The picture was taken from the porch with a DSC-P10 camera in May, 2006.
Houses were reduced to rubble after Hurricane Katrina hit the City of New Orleans, Louisiana in August, 2005; the hurricane which caused one of the most devastating damages ever in the history of the US.
A tornado which hit Little Rock, Arkansas on April 3, 2008 caused a lot of damage including downed trees on the roads.
A furious thunderstorm in progress. Note the lightning in the dense dark clouds in the picture. The picture was taken in August, 2007.
An early morning lightning storm creates a beautiful effect in the Texas skies. Captured with a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT Camera in July, 2005.
Dense dark clouds form over New Brunswick, Canada. Seems like a storm is going to hit the area soon. Captured with a Canon PowerShot A40 Camera in July, 2008.
