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Links and other information sources for testing of WebApps has been assembed by Software Testing and Quality Engineering.

An in-depth paper by Ed Miller that covers most important aspects of WebApp testing. Recommended.

This paper "describes some approaches, techniques and tools" which are required when testing WebApps.

An indepth paper that considers many testing methods that are is applicable to WebApps.

"An overview of VeriWeb, a tool for automatically discovering and systematically exploring Web-site execution paths that can be followed by a user in a Web application."

A paper by Edward Miller that addresses the "very special nature of the WWW and WebSites" and the "unique software testing challenges" that WebApps impose.

15 useful questions as well as commentary on other important webApp characteristics.

This paper discusses mechanisms for evaluating the quality of content obtained from a WebApp. A quick checklist is also available to assess content quality.

A detailed paper that presents "a systematic strategy and framework for system testing called resource path testing (RPT)."

An outline that identifies all key objectives, tasks, preconditions, postconditions and workproducts for configuration testing.

An indepth discuss of UT including a delineation of UT steps and links to other resources.

A report that oultines the result of usability testing. Aso contains pointers to the old WebApp and the WebApp UI that was redesigned as a consequence of the finding contained in the report.

"Work on [a] new [WebApp] design was based on a parallel design exercise where six very different Web site concepts were developed and tested with representative users. This page presents the results.

A comprehensive FAQ addressing all aspects of server-side and client-side security. Useful for both design and testing purposes.

Describes a suite of products that address performance testing. Also provides a useful overview of the technology.

This paper, developed by Rational Corp., considers "what happens after initial test results are collected, the part it takes a human brain to accomplish."

This brief article provides useful guidelines for conducting and interpreting performance tests.

A hotlist of dozens of WebApp testing tools across all major WebE testing categories.

The literature for WebApp testing is still evolving. Books by Ash (The Web Testing Companion, Wiley, 2003), Dustin and his colleagues (Quality Web Systems, Addison-Wesley, 2002), Nguyen (Testing Applications on the Web, Wiley, 2001) and Splaine and Jaskiel (The Web Testing Handbook, STQE Publishing, 2001) are among the most complete treatments of the subject published to date. Mosley (Client-Server Software Testing on the Desktop and the Web, Prentice-Hall, 1999) addresses both client-side and server-side testing issues.

Useful information of WebApp testing strategies and methods, as well as a worthwhile discussion of automated testing tools is presented by Stottlemeyer (Automated Web Testing Toolkit, Wiley, 2001). Graham and her colleagues (Software Test Automation, Addison-Wesley, 1999) present additional material on automated tools.

Nguyen and his colleagues (Testing Applications for the Web, second edition, Wiley, 2003) have developed a major update to (Testing Applications on the Web, Wiley, 2001) and provide unique guidance for testing mobile applications. Although Microsoft (Performance Testing Microsoft .NET Web Applications, Microsoft Press, 2002) focuses predominantly on its .NET environment, its comments on performance testing can be useful to anyone interested in the subject.

Splaine (Testing Web Security, Wiley, 2002), Klevinsky and his colleagues (Hack I.T.: Security through Penetration Testing, Addison-Wesley, 2002), Chirillo (Hack Attacks Revealed, second edition, Wiley, 2003) and Skoudis (Counter Hack, Prentice-Hall, 2001) provide much useful information for those who must design security tests.