Testing

Web site design and development process

• Information gathering: Research surveys
• Planning: Before you start to build a website, Content development strategy | Register domain name, Choose web hosting | Information architecture | Data model: Data type, Data flow | Documentation: Request For Proposal | Licensing
• Design: CSS tools, Free fonts, Free photos, Emoji & icons
• Testing & delivery: Usability test, check browser compatibility | Web testing | Speed up websites: Web Ping, Software acceptance test plan | Promote your web
• Maintenance: Site backup & restore test, Software update (OS patch or CMS security update)
• Need help? Community, I need inspiration, Web design glossary

remote node

browser

• connect to http://ip:80
• or use the website monitoring services: Web Ping

Validation service

Validator: Check Markup or CSS syntax

user client node

browser issue

• browser version: Check Browser Compatibility
• clear browser cache
  • client temporary files
  • clear server cache ex: Smarty Caching

plug-ins issue

• Test your Adobe Flash Player installation
• Adobe - Test Adobe Shockwave Player
• test java: How do I test whether Java is working on my computer?

e-mail testing issue

Using the following e-mail service with name alias or alternative name function

• Google Gmail: plus sign the plus sign is not allowed by some services
• Windows Live™ Hotmail: Alias / 在一個收件匣建立多個別名 [Last visited: 2012-03-30]

monitoring the status or changes of files or registry

• FileMon for Windows / Filemon v7.04 - 檔案即時監控 :: 綠色工廠 Easylife Blog
• RegMon for Windows / RegMon v7.04 - 註冊表監控 :: 綠色工廠 Easylife Blog

domain issue

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

127.0.0.1       localhost
# ip            domain.com

local node (if you can login the server via SSH or Remote desktop service)

check the service port

from local node to service node

telnet

1. telnet DOMAIN_or_IP PORT ex: telnet localhost 80 or telnet 127.0.0.1 80
2. (after telnet-ed the web 80 port, ) key in GET and press ENTER
3. more on HTTP Check Port 80 with the Telnet Command

netstat ex: find MySQL 3306 port

1. netstat -a | find "3306"
2. more on List open ports and listening services

tools

• TCPView for Windows

from local or remote node to service node

telnet

1. telnet DOMAIN_or_IP PORT ex: telnet localhost 80 or telnet 127.0.0.1 80
2. (after telnet-ed the web 80 port, key in) get + SPACE
3. more on HTTP Check Port 80 with the Telnet Command

from remote node to service node

tools

1. Open Port Check Tool: Using browser to check the specified port of local machine from canyouseeme.org.
2. PFPortCheck Program: check TCP/UDP port from localhost(where you installed the program) to portforward.com
3. Web_Ping#網站連線測試: to test the port 80

check the server/service logs

• Apache HTTP server log: /etc/httpd/logs (location was set up in the configuration file /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf)
  • access.log
  • error.log - record when the apache service restarted/stopped

• MySQL Server Logs: enable logging /var/log/mysql.log (location was set up in the configuration file /etc/my.cnf or my.ini) and restart MySQL service

[mysqld] 
# general_log = 1
# general_log_file="general_log_file.log"
log-error=/var/log/mysql/error.log
log-slow-queries = /var/log/mysql/mysql-slow.log
long_query_time = 5
log-long-format

• PHP log: check the configuration file: /etc/php.ini (the location of configuration file can be verified by phpinfo() )

(for production site) unmark theese lines in the php.ini and restart Apache service

log_errors = On
error_log = "php_error.log"

(for development site) using error_reporting

error_reporting(E_ALL);

• Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) log (記錄檔)
  • C:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\

• Microsoft Windows
  • XP / Vista: 控制台 --> 系統管理工具 --> 事件檢視器
  • 事件和錯誤訊息中心: 基本搜尋

find match string

• grep 'string' filename -r
  • manual, 教學

related topic

• Comment Syntax
• 設定中斷點

related terms

• functional testing