Most Businesses of today are constantly under pressure to deliver quality products within limited time to survive in the market. Hence quality becomes one of the key differentiators in deciding the success or failure of the software or an application. This makes Software Quality Assurance Testing, an integral and critical phase of any software development or web application development.
The arrival of the Web 2.0 has far-reaching implications for web applications, web users and for companies that do business over the Internet or use web-enabled business applications in enterprise environments. Web 2.0 is a huge technology trend that will revolutionize the way users interact with the web and the way enterprises use and manage web-enabled applications.
Web 2.0 applications operate in a very dynamic environment with rapid release cycle modes. Information is changed and exchanged very rapidly and there can be weekly build cycle with bug fixing associated with it. III party functionality like analytics, tracking, affiliate marketing play a major role in web applications and functionalities are added or changed on an almost monthly basis...This puts a tremendous strain not only on the development teams, but also the quality assurance teams that have to work at breakneck speed. Developers and testers must ensure that newly developed application or enhancements meet functional and performance requirements and that those applications are reliable and able to operate consistently under peak loads. The risks of releasing an application that is not yet ready are greater now than ever before because of the change in expectations and demands of the end users. Also web applications have many thousands more users than a typical enterprise application. Having even a few hours of downtime can results in many thousands of dollars of lost revenue; and ultimately loss of customers. Standard testing methodologies must be adapted to the unique nature of web application testing environments.
There is a lot of differences between traditional testing and web 2.0 testing. Testing web 2.0 applications can be challenging because developers are given a tremendous amount of freedom in how they communicate between the client and the server. In traditional web applications, standard HTML forms submitted via GET or POST requests have an easy-to-understand format, and it is therefore easy to modify or create new well-formed requests. AJAX applications often use different encoding or serialization schemes to submit POST data making it difficult for testing tools to reliably create automated test requests. Dynamic environment with rapid release cycles, nature of business where in there is seasonal change in the business and very high cost of making a mistake as it interacts directly with the end customer makes web 2.0 testing more tideous and important. Ajax and flash, being the essential ingredients in a web 2.0 site, poises certain problem for testers. Certain considerations have to be made for such sites.
The key areas of testing for Web applications beyond traditional testing include:
Not all organizations have the expertise or resources to carry out the testing process. Testing is essential, but it is definitely not the core activity of most organizations that require it. Outsourcing will enable a company to concentrate on its core activities while our testing experts can handle the work efficiently, ensuring quality results.
Xminds offshore software testing team aims to fill the resource gaps without affecting your budget or your projected deadlines. By outsourcing software testing to us, your company is free to concentrate on its core business competencies. Our team works with your staff to understand the project requirements, define the scope, and control quality throughout the development and enhancement. The team follows the defined Test Plans to perform testing and document test results. Our extensive experience in testing web based applications, automated tools for laborious repeated tasks, and offshore model allows us to deliver on-time.
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