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"Overall, this book deserves full marks for content and value for money." -- Computer Bulletin, November 2001

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Despite the potentially enormous cost to organizations from clunky Web sites, Web testing is often an overlooked aspect of the development process. Expert tester Diane Stottlemeyer provides developers with all the tools and templates they need to put a testing plan into motion. Focusing exclusively on testing in a Web environment, Stottlemeyer explains how to build and perform full-functionality Web testing, including code enhancement for adding features to existing applications and regression testing. Readers will get complete, step-by-step guidance on preparing, running, and analyzing tests on the Web, including how to test with different languages and databases, and how to test on different platforms and servers, including Linux.

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Testing a Web site is a relatively new concept in the information technology (IT) field. Read the first page

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1.0 out of 5 stars One of the worst books I've ever read!!, Jun 1 2004

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Mudar (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Automated Web Testing Toolkit: Expert Methods for Testing and Managing Web Applications (Paperback)

The book is not organized at all. Headings and sub-headings are not structured either so you can't understand what are you reading exactly. Examples are rarely introduced and it is very easy to lose focus while reading. I don't recommend this book at all and indeed it needs a quick major revision.

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1.0 out of 5 stars obsolete and dangerously misleading, Sep 6 2003

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Frank Carver - See all my reviews

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I tried real hard to find something to like about this book. I was disappointed. Testing of web sites and web applications is an area which desperately needs some good books, but this is not one of them.

The author seems to have cobbled this book together from some old course notes, inserted the word "web" here and there and put some obviously obsolete material in the past tense. It baldly assumes a heavyweight and ill-considered development process, and makes unsubstantiated statements about an unrepresentative selection of software packages. Automated testing is mentioned only in passing, between superficial descriptions of project- and risk- management. Virtually no mention is made of the things which make web applications hard to test - browser differences, massive concurrency, stateless protocols, network issues ...

It lacks the depth for a developer or tester, but I can't even recommend this book as a management overview - so much of the content is either dangerously misleading, obsolete, or just plain wrong.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Should be named "NOT Automated Web Testing", Jan 16 2003

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TRose (Atlanta, GA United States) - See all my reviews

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Very misleading title. I bought the book thinking it would discuss tools for automated web testing (gee, I got that idea from the title somehow); but the book is only about basic procedures in general testing. "Testing Computer Software" and "Testing Web Applications" by Cem Kaner, et al. had better information on basic testing procedures AND automated testing. I really wanted the authors to give me my money back since the book is NOT about test automation. And the "load testing for e-confidence" pdf on the CD is available FREE OF CHARGE from Segue's web site.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great *basic* resource
This book gives a viable testing process and some excellent artifacts that will get new test engineers and QA specialists quickly up-to-speed. Read more

Published on Sep 11 2001 by Linda Zarate

4.0 out of 5 stars Title Is Deceiving
This book is a good addition to any manager's library. It goes through the steps it takes to go through a web project. Read more

Published on Aug 29 2001 by vttester