Re: System testing a WWW transaction application

I'd expect you to find cURL useful, at least for the "poking at the interface" bit.

Why are you so interested in black-box testing? In my experience, the programmers have a fair idea of which bits of the system are robust and which could use some work, so building tests to fit the code is quite profitable.

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Re: Re: System testing a WWW transaction application by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Jul 21, 2002 at 01:46 UTC
Black-box testing is a necessity for verifying that applications, as a whole, work. The client uses your application as a black-box. Hence, you should, at least, once, try your application as a black-box prior to letting your client have it. cURL looks interesting. Do you have anywhere that shows how it's used? The site didn't seem to have stuff about black-box testing WWW interfaces from the way it's displayed on the screen. ------ We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age. Don't go borrowing trouble. For programmers, this means Worry only about what you need to implement.	[reply]

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by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Jul 21, 2002 at 01:46 UTC

cURL looks interesting. Do you have anywhere that shows how it's used? The site didn't seem to have stuff about black-box testing WWW interfaces from the way it's displayed on the screen.

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