Developing a fully functional and useful web application is tedious, testing the web application is more tedious. We have to make sure the web application is working well without any bugs. We have to make sure the web application is still running smooth when hundreds or thousands of people are using it at the same time. It is difficult to perform these testings without the aid of a testing software.
This paid review from ReviewMe is exactly what we need. Wapt is a load and stress testing tool that provides you with an easy-to-use, consistent and cost-effective way of testing web sites, web servers, and intranet applications with web interfaces.
Simulate Real User Activities
You can simulate real user activities by creating many different users who are coming from different IP addresses, each with their own parameters: cookies, input data for various page forms, name and password, connection speed and their own specific path through the site. You can even simulate random time between user clicks to make each virtual user as similar as possible to a human user. So that you know exactly how the server and web application react if users are using your web application.
Thousands of Users in One Test
If you want to simulate thousands of users, you do not need to specify separate behavior for each of them. You specify behavior for each type of users and use as many virtual users of each type as you need. It makes you really easy to test the web application with thousands of users easily.
Extras
There are other useful features for example, you can perform testing on dynamic web applications, test the HTTP requests that include parameters that are specific for each user. WAPT also supports testing of web sites and applications secured by SSL. You do not need to perform any additional actions for the testing.
Descriptive Test Reports and Graphs
And finally, WAPT displays test results through descriptive reports and graphs. They are available even during the test, so you can monitor key parameters of web application performance on the fly and see how your site responds to the increasing load volume. You can also save test results in MS Excel compatible format which is really handy.
30-day Trail Version
WAPT is designed for Microsoft Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP. It costs $350 for 1 unit, you can get cheaper price if you order more than 2 units. I suggest you download 30-day trial version first. Once you are think the product is right for you, you can buy it afterwards. I personally found it very useful, you will really need it if you are going to build a web application for large amount of users.
A CAPTCHA is a program that can tell whether its user is a human or a computer. You’ve probably seen them — colorful images with distorted text at the bottom of Web registration forms. CAPTCHAs are used by many websites to prevent abuse from “bots,” or automated programs usually written to generate spam.
reCAPTCHA improves the process of digitizing books by sending words that cannot be read by computers to the Web in the form of CAPTCHAs for humans to decipher. More specifically, each word that cannot be read correctly by OCR is placed on an image and used as a CAPTCHA.
Each new word that cannot be read correctly by OCR is given to a user in conjunction with another word for which the answer is already known. The user is then asked to read both words. If they solve the one for which the answer is known, the system assumes their answer is correct for the new one. By using reCAPTCHA, you can protect your site from abuse and help digitize books at the same time.
Requirements: No Requirements
Demo: http://recaptcha.net/
License: License Free
The Flash Image Gallery (FIG) is a gallery application that can be used by anyone to display multiple galleries of photos, artwork, or other pictures with descriptions. It requires no server-side language and will run on any web host. It is idealy suited for artists with online galleries, but can be used by anyone. It supports up to 224 images in each gallery. The user interface is simple and intuitive. Most importantly, it is FREE.
Requirements: Any Modern Browsers with Flash and PHP Support
Demo: http://www.flashimagegallery.com/demo/
License: License Free
Printable World Map is free of charge. You can use Printable World Map for Web site, Publication, TV, Education, Work, anything you like. Follow the easy steps, you can have your own colored world map in no time.
- Click one or some countries, which you want to paint.
- Select the color from the color palette. You will have clicked color, and the State’s color will change.
- Click the “Fix color” button, if you will have liked color.
- It repeats from 1 to 3.
- Finally, click the “Download” button. Then you get printable world map.
Requirements: No Requirements
Demo: http://english.freemap.jp/world_paint/world_paint.html
License: License Free
As the online advertising industry evolves, it is becoming increasingly difficult for publishers like you to effectively and easily manage your advertising inventory. PubMatic can help us answering the following questions.
Ad Network Auction
It’s not as easy as implementing Google AdSense anymore. Now there’s Yahoo! Publisher Network, Microsoft ContentAds is coming, and you may also be using 3rd party ad networks such as ValueClick or BlueLithium. Which ad network provides you with the most revenue?
Optimized Ad Layout
There are so many different ad layout options (size, color, location, text/banner/video, etc.) that it’s nearly impossible for you to know which layout will generate the most revenue. What ad layout maximizes click-throughs on your web site?
One Management Interface
Even if you knew which ad layout and ad networks work best for you, it’s not easy to maintain accounts across all of the networks and get consolidated reports on demand. How long does it take you to get a consolidated view of your ad inventory performance?
PubMatic provides an industry leading platform that lets you maximize your revenue and minimize the complexity of selling advertising on your web site. It is really useful if you would like to find out which ad network works best for your website. It is easy to use and understand and it is FREE.
Requirements: No Requirements
Demo: http://www.pubmatic.com/
License: License Free
Tablecloth is lightweight, easy to use, unobtrusive way to add style and behaviour to your html table elements. By simply adding 2 lines of code to your html page you will have styled and active tables that your visitors will love. There’s absolutely no need for hardcoded class names or id’s on the tables.Tablecloth adds those automatically.
If you mouseover on a table, Tablecloth will highlight the row or column (or both) automatically. Tablecloth will also adds selected state on click. It is really useful and easy to implement. I am sure I will use it in the near future.
Requirements: No Requirements
Demo: http://cssglobe.com/lab/tablecloth/
License: License Free
It is time for some quality Photoshop Brushes again. Graphic designer JavierZhX from Mexico has designed a set of beautiful Photoshop brushes for us. Have a look at them, they are just gorgeous and useful.
Requirements: No Requirements
Demo: http://javierzhx.deviantart.com/gallery/resources/?order=9
License: License Free
Are you still using the traditional 2D graph for your reports and presentations? N.Design Studio taught us how to create 3D Pie Charts with Illustrator CS2 at ease. The Pie Charts looks so real and professional.
As a freelancer, we may come into the situation that you have to present some sort of statistical data to your client. Of course you may use Excel’s graph tool to easily create a bunch of charts, but more or less all of those predefined designs suck. Bartelme Design show us how to create visually appealing Pie charts using Adobe Illustrator’s graph tool.
GoSquared showed us how to create beautiful Pie Charts in Illustrator. Just follow a few simple steps, and you’ll view pie charts in a whole new light.
IMmodernLife created a comprehensive tutorial of how to make overwhelming niceness of the Pie Charts. He is using Adobe Illustrator CS2, but the tips should apply to most of the more recent versions.
Requirements: Adobe Illustrator
Demo 1: http://www.ndesign-studio.com/resources/tutorials/3d-graphs/”
Demo 2: http://bartelme.at/journal/archive/creating_graphs/journal/281/
Demo 3: http://www.gosquared.com/liquidicity/archives/103
Demo 4: http://www.modernlifeisrubbish.co.uk/article/howto…
License: License Free
Do you know anything about Ruby on Rails? Would you like to build your own Ruby on Rails web applications? SitePoint is now giving away a COMPLETE COPY of Patrick Lenz’s Ruby on Rails beginners’ book for FREE.
What are you waiting for? Go and grab one yourself. The offer is for limited time only.
Have you ever thinking of downloding over 650 Vector Logos from one place? You can download all of the vector logos immediately after you have registered on All Free Logo. Those logos are resiziable with really high quality. They are really good for inspiration. Go and get them now.
Requirements: Required Registeration
Demo: http://www.allfreelogo.com/
License: License Free
