Server Side Testing

What is server side testing

Web server contains the application code. Verifying server side daemons & process using application programming language.  It's testing the applications and daemons that run on a server.  Server Side testing can involve testing of Servlets and Controllers. When the user requests from the front end, how the requests hits the server, which file is initiated first from the application code & how it behaves?? There are two types of logs.  Server / system related logs & application logs. Analyzing & verifying these logs under various conditions. A web is hosted on the server.  So hosting process & debugging is also very challenging for the server side testing. compatibility of server software, hard ware, network connections, database compatibility, external interface compatibility

Difference between Client side testing & Server side testing

Server side testing is valuing the clent parameters after reaching to server, where as clent side testing will do that client machine only.   Server is testing will be done thru application programming languages like java/jsp, where as client side testing has been taken care of Java Script.   Server side testing is required in below cases: 1: Required values from database to process/valuate the Client parameters. 2: Required to apply the business logic. 3: Required any type server side resources to check user resources.   Server side testing is required in below cases: 1: validating parameters.

                                                                                                                    

Server side testing - TOOLS

Apache CACTUS – Nice tool which is tied with JUnit.

Server Side Testing – Requirements or who can test this ???

A good technical person is the right person to test this.  Should have explored in the fields - network, servers, webhosting, debugging, installation, various OS (mainly linux), Good programming skills etc.,