Category Software Testing

Load Testing using The Grinder

Introduction The Grinder is an open source load testing tool. The Grinder uses Jython scripts and the scripts are executed using agents which can be distributed over the network. Property file is used to define tests and load. The Grinder…

Security Testing

Security Testing What is Security testing? Security testing is a process to determine that an information system protects data and maintains functionality as intended. It is the process that determines that confidential data stays confidential and users can perform only…

Solving software performance problems

How to solve software performance problems ? 1.  Define your Objective -where you need to be? It is surprising that many projects do not have well-defined performance objectives. When we ask what the performance objectives are, we very often get…

Economics of test automation

How to calculate the cost of test automation: Cost of test automation = Cost of tool(s) + Labor costs of script creation + Labor costs of script maintenance   If a test script will be run every week for the…