eValid™ -- Automated Web Quality Solution Browser-Based, Client-Side, Functional Testing & Validation, Load & Performance Tuning, Page Timing, Website Analysis, and Rich Internet Application Monitoring. © Copyright 2000-2011 by Software Research, Inc.

Introduction

Here is a demonstration of three basic scripts. By setting "Settings > Record/Play Preferences > Playback Status Notification", one can have a quick visual indication of whether a test passed, made a warning, or failed. Note: Passing will issue a green screen indicator, a warning will issue a yellow screen indicator, and a failed status will issue a red screen indicator.

Recording The Test

Start by copying the different script(s) on "this" WebPage then paste the script(s) to another file using your favorite text editor. Finally, save the script as "script.evs". Note: You can name the "script" file anything you want as long as you attach the ".evs" to the end of the file name. Load the script into eValid using "File > Open Script". Select "Settings > Record/Play Preferences > Playback Status Notification". Select "Playback > Start Playback" to begin playing back your script.

Script File

PASS ProjectID "Project" GroupID "Group" TestID "Test" LogID "AUTO" InitLink "http://www.w3.org/" ValidateSelectedText 18 0 "Leading the Web to its Full Potential..." "" WARNING ProjectID "Project" GroupID "Group" TestID "Test" LogID "AUTO" InitLink "http://www.w3.org/" FollowLink 152 "Technology and Society Domain" "http://www.w.org/TandS/" "" ValidateSelectedText 6 203 "Mission \\The explosive growth of technology has forced the entire Web community to look at society's" "" GoBackTo "http://www.w3.org/" "" FollowLink 134 "Style Sheets:" "http://www.w3.org/Style/" "" ValidateSelectedText 10 1807 "What are style sheets?\\Style sheets" "" GoBackTo "http://www.w3.org/" "" FAIL ProjectID "Project" GroupID "Group" TestID "Test" LogID "AUTO" InitLink "www.w3c.org" FollowLink 153 "Technology and Society Domain" "http://www.w3.org/TandS/" "" GoBackTo "http://www.w3.org/" "" FollowLink 135 "Style Sheets:" "http://www.w.org/Style/" "" GoBackTo "http://www.w3.org/" ""

Typical Playback

Click "Playback > Start Playback" to begin the playback process. Click "Window > Logs > Event Log" to see the outputs of the validation activity.

Graphical Outputs

A graphic example of the Pass, Warning, and Fail message screens.

Please click on thumbnails to view full size image.

Lessons Learned

One can check and learn how one's WebPage or WebSite performs at any given time of the day. One good way of using this test is to run the script 24/7 and compare the times to get a reliable indication of how the site is responding to requests. Note: One important thing to remember is that the Web fluctuates in the amount of users accessing it and and the response time of requests.

Additional Information

The previous is a good test to run regularly to check your site's performance and make sure that performance is as consistent and desirable as possible.