testing a web application

Question

I am a student and I have developed a web application based on JSP. Now my professor has suggested that i should do some tests like unit test etc for my web application. Can anybody suggest what other test can I use to demonstrate the performance of my application. And also any good resource from where I can study how to do unit testing, as I have never done any testing before.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Selenium is a popular framework for client-side unit tests (i.e. automating client input on a web page). The site also has a lot of introductory material.

For testing the server-side stuff the good, old JUnit will suffice - it's integrated in all major IDEs.

You should look into Kent Beck's Test-driven Development, although Test-Driven development is more than regular unit testing, this book will enlighten you (I bet) and you will write way better unit tests, too.