Client server Technology:

1. Number of clients is predicted or known

2. Client and server are the entities to be tested
3. Both server and client locations are fixed and known to the user
4. Server to server interaction is prohibited
5. Low multimedia type of data transaction
6. Designed and implemented on intranet environment

Web based Technology

1. Number of clients is difficult to predict (millions of clients)
2. Client Server and network are the entities to be tested
3. Server location is certain client locations are not certain
4. Server to server interaction is normal
5. Rich multimedia type of data transaction
6. Designed and implemented on internet environment

Web application: A 3-tier application is an application program that

is organized into three major parts each of which is distributed to a different
place or places in a network. The three parts are:

-> The workstation or presentation interface

-> The business logic

-> The database and programming related to managing it

In a typical 3-tier application the application user's workstation contains

the programming that provides the graphical user interface (GUI) and
application-specific entry forms or interactive windows. (Some data that is
local or unique for the workstation user is also kept on the local hard disk.)
Business logic is located on a local area network (LAN) server or other shared
computer.

The business logic acts as the server for client requests from workstations.
In turn it determines what data is needed (and where it is located) and acts as
a client in relation to a third tier of programming that might be located on a
mainframe computer.

The third tier includes the database and a program to manage read and write
access to it. While the organization of an application can be more complicated
than this the 3-tier view is a convenient way to think about the parts in a
large-scale program.
Client Server: Where as in 2-tier application is an application
program that is organized into 2 major parts each of which is distributed to a
different place or places in a network. The 2 parts are:

-> The workstation or presentation interface with The business logic

-> The database and programming related to managing it

ccording to Tester's Point of view------

1) Web Base Application (WBA)is a 3 tier
application ;Browser,Back end and Server.
Client server Application(CSA) is a 2 tier
Application ;Front End ,Back end .
2) In the WBA tester test for the Script error like java
script error VB script error etc, that shown at the page.
In the CSA tester does not test for any script error.
3) Because in the WBA once changes perform reflect at every
machine so tester has less work for test.
Whereas in the CSA every time application need to be
instal hence ,it maybe possible that some machine has some
problem for that Hardware testing as well as software
testing is needed.

Projects are broadly divided into two types of :

2 tier applications
3 tier applications

CLIENT / SERVER TESTING

[a] This type of testing usually done for 2 tier applications (usually
developed for LAN)
Here we will be having frontend and backend.

The application launched on frontend will be having forms and reports

which will be monitoring and manipulating data

Eg : applications developed in VB,VC++,Core Java,C,C++,D2K,PowerBuilder

etc.,
The backend for these applications would be MS Access, SQL Server,
oracle, sybase, mysql, quadbase

The tests performed on these type of applications would be

- user interface testing
- manual support testing
- Functionality testing
- compatability testing & configuration testing
- intersystems testing

WEB TESTING
[b] This is done for 3 tier applications (developed for Internet /
intranet / xtranet)

Here we will be having Browser, web server and DB server.

The applications accessable in browser would be developed in HTML,
DHTML, XML, JavaScript etc.,
(we can monitor thru these applications)

Applications for the webserver would be developed in Adv Java, ASP,

JSP, VBScript, JavaScript, Perl, ColdFusion, PHP etc.,
(all the manipulations are done on the web server with the help of
these programs developed)

The DBserver would be having oracle, sql server, sybase, mysql etc.,
(all data is stored in the database available on the DB server)

The tests performed on these type of applications would be

- user interface testing
- Functionality testing
- security testing
- browser compatability testing
- load / stress testing
- interoperability testing/intersystems testing
- storage and data volume testing

A web-application is a three tier application.

This has a browser (monitors data) [monitoring is done using html,
dhtml, xml, JavaScript]-> web server (manipulates data) [ manipulations
are done using programming languages or scripts like adv java, asp,
jsp, vbscript, JavaScript, perl, coldfusion, php] -> database server
(stores data) [data storage and retrieval is done using databases like
oracle, sql server, sybase, mysql] .

The type of tests which can be applied on this type of applications are
:
1. User interface testing for validation & userfriendliness
2. Funtionality testing to validate behavious, i/p, error handling,
o/p, manipulations, services levels, order of functionality, links,
content of web page & backend coverages
3. Security testing
4. Browser compatability
5. Load / stress testing
6. Interoperability testing
7. Storage & data volume testing

a client-server application is a two tier application.

This has forms & reporting at frontend (monitoring & manipulations are
done) [ using vb, vc++, core java, c, c++, d2k, power builder etc.,] ->
database server at the backend [data storage & retrieval) [ using ms
access, sql server, oracle, sybase, mysql, quadbase etc.,]

the tests performed on these applications would be

1. User interface testing
2. Manual support testing
3. Functionality testing
4. Compatability testing
5. Intersystems testing