Internet Testing

MindTree’s offerings in the Internet solutions testing space can help mitigate risks, and ensure that applications go live bug-free. We assist you with redesigning test cases, adding new ones and testing them with inter-related components repeatedly. MindTree can  accurately measure site performance in terms of server response time for each type of request, and conduct thorough performance testing with off-the-shelf as well as customized tools. We can stress-test Web sites with various simulated loads, and ensure handling of the optimum loads desired. We also ensure data integrity, and implement ‘template test cases’ to reuse tests and test steps, reducing test design times.

Some of the key challenges faced while testing Internet based applications are as below:

Deadlines

Web site deployment is typically on tight schedules. Deadline pressures leave the project very little time for thorough testing, and much of this time is consumed with development issues.

Frequent requirement and design changes

Change requests and evolving designs are common during Web development, and thus constantly redefine the scope of testing. Testers have to carry out the tedious process of tracking changes, and analyzing the modules affected by the changes.

Performance

As Internet adoption continues to grow, traffic congestion on the Net is a given. Site visitors seldom wait if pages take more than 12 to 15 seconds to load - resulting in a direct loss of business.

Stress testing

Festive times like Christmas and Thanksgiving see heavy traffic on e-commerce sites, increasing stress levels on servers to heights they were never designed for.

Security

Ensuring sites are hacker-proof is another major challenge. Internet testing has to ensure that all transactions taking place involving transmission of private data are safe and secure.

Data integrity

The most vulnerable area in e-businesses is the collection and storage of highly valuable customer data. Businesses can run into trouble if the data stored is not correct, accurate, and secure.

Re-usability of test design

Technical designers usually design reusable components with constraints on project timelines. More reusable test cases are desirable with Internet testing - but every project differs in requirement, and the scope for reusability is limited.

Test Automation

Automation is one area where test execution efficiency can be improved, and regression testing can be performed after implementing changes or enhancements. However, creating and using test scripts in Web applications is more challenging than for other client-server applications.

Internet Testing Methodologies

MindTree through its experience and expertise have devised methodologies to address these challenges and evolve viable solutions for its customers. A brief elaboration on the same follows:





The V-Model provides a structured testing framework, emphasizing quality from the initial requirements stage through the final testing stage. The V-Model structures the delivery processes to deliver quality because it is delivered at every point in the process. The V-Model framework promotes stage containment by organizing the verification, validation, and testing in and across human performance, technology, and business processes throughout a project.

At each phase there is a corresponding verification and validation testing phase. The test levels are planned so that each level tests different aspects of the application and so that the testing levels are independent of each other.