Testing REST Services in AWS

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Duration: 1 Day

Method: Hands-On, Instructor-Led

Price: $450.00

Course Code: AW1002

Audience

Q/A engineers needing to support service-based solutions running in a cloud environment.

Description

The focus is on helping Quality Engineers / Quality Assurance Engineers successfully make the transition from a traditional, data-center development - testing - production environment, to a cloud-based environment.

Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Describe the differences between data-server based environments and cloud-based environments
Create, manage, and log into an AWS AMI defined image
Describe the principles, methods, and philosophies around REST services
Understand the structure and capabilities of the HTTP protocol
Implement various tests using tools like: TestNG, POSTMan, Selenium ,RestClient, and others

Prerequisites

This course assumes students are experienced with developing test plans and testing strategies, implementing tests using Java and JavaScript, and choosing the correct tool for the level of testing.

Topics

I. Session One: Overview of Web Services Testing – 2 hours
II. Introduction to SOA What is SOA?
- Motivations, differences, and principles of SOA
- Common infrastructure components that enable a SOA solution
III. Introduction to the Cloud
- What is Cloud?
- What is AWS?
- Difference between AWS and Intuit Data Center / Cloud
IV. Introduction to Web Services
- Overview of Web Services
- Common implementation strategies for Web Services (SOAP, REST, etc.)
- REST Web Services concepts
- REST Architectural principles
- Mechanics of HTTP
- Understanding JSON
V. Session Two: AWS Quick Start
VI. Introduction to AWS
- Basic AWS Administration concepts (AMI, instance creation, start / stop, duplicating, etc.)
- Advanced AWS concepts (auto-scaling, H/A settings, load balancing, etc.)
VII. Common AWS Tools
- Chef quick start
- Cloud Formation
- Cloud Watch
- Monitoring with Splunk and New Relic
VIII. Deploying a Web Services to AWS
- Packaging
- Deploying
- Testing availability with a browser
IX. Session Three: Testing on AWS
X. Testing Concepts
- REST Web Service Testing Strategies
- Simple REST testing tools
- Configuring CURL to invoke REST calls
- Browser based testing with Postman
- Debugging with Firebug / Chrome Tools
XI. Executing Tests on AWS
- Application Level Testing
- Unit Testing with Mocha
- Functional testing using Selenium and Selenium Web Driver
- Services Testing
- Unit Testing with TestNG & jUnit & JMockit
- Functional Testing with RestAssured
- Executing CI / CD with Maven and Jenkins
- Executing tests using Maven
- Kicking off a CI test with Jenkins
- Performance Testing with JMeter