Free Web Sites Where You Can Practice Your Testing

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As the old joke goes: "How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, Practice, Practice."

And how do you get to be a good Web Tester? Practice, Practice, Practice. copyrightjoestrazzere

Here are some free web sites that might help you with your manual or automated testing.

ParkCalc Widget

http://adam.goucher.ca/parkcalc/

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A copy of the parking fee calculation widget from the Gerald R. Ford International Airport.

This "application" has some serious flaws, and has been the subject of lots of exploratory testing. Often the goal is to try and attain the highest parking fee you can, and discover the features/bugs in the widget along the way.

Read more here:

http://www.shino.de/2010/06/20/parkcalc-automation-getting-started/

http://testkeis.wordpress.com/2010/04/11/a-testing-exercise-parkcalc/

http://weekendtesting.com/archives/976

http://www.infoq.com/news/2010/05/testing_challenge

http://testingdisciple.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/my-solutions-for-parkcalc-exercise/

http://www.grr.org/ParkCalc.php

Brown and Donaldson (B&D) online brokerage Web site

http://bdonline.sqe.com/

The case study featured in The Web Testing Handbook by Steven Splaine & Stefan P. Jaskiel and the SQE Web testing training seminars.

B&D is a fictitious online brokerage firm created with the specific purpose of providing you with the opportunity to practice the Web testing techniques discussed in the book and training seminars, thereby gaining real-world interactive Web testing experience.

It even includes sample Requirements and Test Plans.

The Mercury Tours Web Site

http://newtours.demoaut.com/

Used in conjunction with the tutorials for some HP (formerly Mercury Interactive) products, such as QuickTest Pro.

Altoro Mutual Web Site

http://demo.testfire.net/

The Altoro Mutual website is published by Watchfire, Inc. for the sole purpose of demonstrating the effectiveness of Watchfire products in detecting web application vulnerabilities and website defects. This site is not a real banking site. Similarities, if any, to third party products and/or websites are purely coincidental. This site is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied. Watchfire does not assume any risk in relation to your use of this website. For additional Terms of Use, please go to http://www.watchfire.com/statements/terms.aspx.

InsuranceWeb Web Site

http://demo.borland.com/InsuranceWebExtJS/index.jsf

This site is a fictitious representation of an online company for the purpose of demonstrating Borland Solutions.

Find its web services documentation here:

http://demo.borland.com/InsuranceWebExtJS/webservices.jsf

Know of any other sites used for practicing your web testing craft? Shoot me a note, and I'll add them to the list and give you all the credit!

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This article originally appeared in my blog: All Things Quality

	My name is Joe Strazzere and I'm currently a Director of Quality Assurance. I like to lead, to test, and occasionally to write about leading and testing. Find me at http://AllThingsQuality.com/.