With different application domains and different dimensions of testing, a person comes across various terms. Web tests are one of those. Totally different from standard web application testing, a website or web development requires you to know the technicalities. As with other types of testing, you must use certain tools, depending on the type of web development you are testing. It could be an open source tool to help you test the web development that is being done with .Net. Soap UI is one of those tools, it can be used to test web services made on ASP.net. With other tools it varies, some companies prefer to use open source tools when it comes to research and development (R&D) projects; others prefer to buy licensed tools to test their specific web development.
Testing a web development requires that the person first know the tools / language in which the web development has been carried out; also the person needs to know the logic behind the web service code. That is how understanding develops. This is very different from standard web application tests, since the person already knows the functional domain, the technical level is not that important. Although it would definitely be useful to know the technical details, for manual / functional testing this is not really necessary. With web services testing, this is a requirement. A person must know the tool, otherwise it is not possible to test the web service effectively.
Also, the person will need to have concepts of server-side testing and client-side testing. That, in turn, requires some knowledge of the architecture in which the application has been designed. Basically, from a software tester’s point of view, this all seems more “technical”, however it can be done by anyone with a decent technical level. We found that people who have the ‘intermediate’ ability, are comfortable with some level of software development and software testing, perform web services testing work. And in some companies, the software developer will prefer to test the web service himself rather than take the risk or take the time to train someone else to do it.
Such tests are generally done on small to medium-scale projects that require a certain level of technical skill on the part of their software testers. While it is true that software testers are not supposed to be experts in coding and development, but in this particular case it becomes a requirement, to know the technical details of the project and the respective module before starting the testing of the web service. A technical understanding from an architectural point of view would also be required on the part of the software tester, as it is testing from a technical perspective.
