GogoTraining IT Training Podcasts

Join Michael Deskis as he illustrates the use of various testing techniques, white-box, black-box and grey-box testing, automated vs. manual testing, static vs. dynamic testing and choosing the best type for your application.

This radio show discusses the different testing roles (Manager, Analyst, Tester, Designer, etc), the creation of test assets (Test plan, test cases, automated scripts, test data, etc), role of CVS systems, integrating CVS in our tools and storing assets in a CVS repository.

Depicts the concept of a Test Object Map with IBM's Rational Functional Tester, identifies it's role in our automated scripts, use of recognition properties, updating our Test Object maps, shared vs. private and integrating Test Object Maps together.

Discusses the integration of the Software Development Lifecycle and effective automated testing, how testing development will parallel our development efforts and discusses importance of the different

Depicts the role of JMS Providers and the differences between a generic JMS Server and a third party messaging component. Additionally, discusses the different types of message queues, role of Connection Factories and the use of JMS Destinations.

Illustrates the various characteristics that make an MDB unique, the lack of interfaces, use of the onMessge method, inability to return a response, stateless aspects, use with durable and non-durable subscribers, lifecycle and use with transactions and security.

Depicts a high-level presentation of the Java J2EE security models and security components, the role of authentication and authorization, delegation, trust principles and the various security layers.

This show will discuss the role of authentication in a WebSphere model, different types of registries, use of SWAM and LTPA and the different supported models (Form, Digest, Basic and Client).

In this show, we will be discussing the steps necessary to create an effective testing script: prioritization, identify the tops scripts, assign automation tasks to team members, setting up the environment, setting recording options, recording the script, script customization, play back and debugging.

This radio show discusses the basic aspects of using message-driven EJBs, integrating them into our environment, their differences from other types of EJBs, the use of the onMessage method, role of listener programs, asynchronous and synchronous processing and their incorporation into an application

Depicts the various components of the J2EE Namespace,the role of the partitioned, system and transient components, client access methods, use of service provider interface, concept of federation and distribution and how binds are propogated.

Discuss the components for creating an effective test plan, identifies the relationship between development and test phases, defining of test objectives, defining the test environment, creating test specifications, reviewing the test results, variety of tests involved and the motivation for technical reviews.

Verification Points with Rational Functional Testerdescription: This show will discuss the concept of Verification Points, their role in our test plans, creation in Rational Functional Tester, role of Object Browser, use of Object Finder tool, establishing a testing baseline and their importance to our overall test plan.

Discusses IBM's strategy for automated testing, role of Rational Functional Tester, creating test scripts, types of languages supported, basic automation process, testing lifecycle and the testing components that fit these particular needs.

Discusses the use of security roles and their purpose in a J2EE environment, setup and configuration through XML files, how role mapping works, granularity aspects and integration with our LDAP directory.