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AJAX Testing - Best Practices

Selenium, a potential solution
By Ken Gardner
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March 30, 2008 04:00 PM EDT
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This is truly the age of the browser interface. Internet Web sites and Web applications increasingly offer rich, dynamic, browser-based user interfaces that deliver everything you expect from an installed desktop application. These applications deliver function and ease-of-use without requiring expensive desktop software installs.

The underlying technology for this browser UI approach has existed for a decade but the term AJAX was coined in 2005 by Jesse James Garrett of Adaptive Path. The core of this approach is the ability to make dynamic, asynchronous data requests of a Web server without having to reload the Web page or hit the refresh button. This approach enables Web developers to build rich UIs that run on every browser and across every popular platform.

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About Ken Gardner

Ken Gardner, executive chairman for SOASTA, is an industry veteran with more than 30 years in the enterprise software industry. Ken is a six-time entrepreneur having previously been the founder and CEO of Istante (acquired by Oracle in December 2004); Sagent Technology (IPO in April 1999); ReportSmith (acquired by Borland in March 1994); and ViewPoint Systems (acquired by Knowledgeware in June 1992).

His first startup, in 1985, was Tesseract Corporation where he was senior vice president of Technology. From 1978 to 1985, he worked in R&D at Tymshare, Inc. Ken’s extensive experience in creating winning enterprise software products has resulted in numerous industry awards including:

* InfoWorld “Technology of the Year” - 2004 Istante
* PC Week Labs “Analyst Choice” - 1997 Sagent Technology
* “Best of Comdex” Finalist - 1992 ReportSmith

Ken sits on the board of directors for Everdream Corporation and Accept Software, Inc. Ken is a 1972 graduate of the University of Louisville and holds a BSC degree in Finance. In 2000, he was named an alumni fellow by the University of Louisville, College of Business.

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