QWE2002 Paper 4T2 Dr. Edward Miller (eValid, Inc.) Innovative WebSite Mapping Tool

Key Points

• WebSites are most commonly viewed from a browser.
• There are significant advantages to using a browser as the basis for WebSite quality checking.
• A new technology that integrates functional testing, timing/tuning, load testing, and site analysis is described.

Presentation Abstract

The eValid Test Enabled Web Browser incorporates all of the main functions of a complete WebSite Test Environment in a convenient, easy-to-use patent-pending package. eValid capabilities include functional testing and verification, detailed WebSite timing and tuning, load generation with full-browser and partial-browser playbacks, and site analysis with the built-in WebSite spider search and filter function.

This talk describes how the eValid system is architected, how it is used through the set of built-in menus, and how it can be applied to produce reliable, effective tests of WebSites. Specific examples of WebSite testing are given.

About the Author

Dr. Edward Miller is Chairman and President of Software Research, Inc., San Francisco, California, and Chief Technical Architect for software test tools development and software engineering quality questions. Dr. Miller has worked in the software quality management field for 25 years in a variety of capacities, and has been involved in the development of families of automated software, analysis and Web quality tools. He was chairman of the 1985 1st International Conference on Computer Workstations, and has participated in IEEE conference organizing activities for many years. He is the Chairman of the Quality Week Conferences since 1988. He is the author of Software Testing and Validation Techniques, an IEEE Computer Society Press tutorial text. Dr. Miller received his Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering) degree from the University of Maryland, an M.S. (Applied Mathematics) degree from the University of Colorado, and a BSEE from Iowa State University.