Front cover -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Notices -- Trademarks -- Preface -- About the author of this Redbook -- Notice -- Become a published author -- Comments welcome -- Summary of changes -- November 2002, Second Edition -- Chapter 1. What is all the fuss about test environments? -- 1.1 How this book is organized -- 1.2 Reasons for a separate test environments -- 1.3 Reasons for a separate development environment -- 1.4 Using the development environment -- 1.5 The function of the test environment -- 1.6 Using the test environment -- 1.7 The basic steps for a test process -- Chapter 2. Information gathering format -- 2.1 Questioning format and information gathering -- 2.2 Present environment -- 2.2.1 Hardware -- 2.2.2 Software -- 2.2.3 Process -- 2.2.4 Volume considerations -- 2.3 Future environment -- 2.3.1 Hardware -- 2.3.2 Software -- 2.3.3 Process -- 2.3.4 Volume considerations -- 2.4 Financial considerations -- 2.4.1 Present budget -- 2.4.2 Budget timetable -- 2.5 Other information -- 2.5.1 Support structure -- 2.6 Test environment questions -- 2.7 Business and operational questions -- 2.8 Computing and IT environment questions -- 2.9 Test environment questions -- 2.10 Summary of questions -- Chapter 3. Introduction to WebSphere Application Server V4.0 -- 3.1 IBM WebSphere software platform for e-business -- 3.1.1 Foundation and tools -- 3.1.2 Reach and user experience -- 3.1.3 Business integration -- 3.2 WebSphere Application Server V4.0 packaging -- 3.3 WebSphere V4.0 Advanced Edition features -- 3.3.1 WebSphere V4.0 Advanced Edition environment -- 3.3.2 WebSphere application model -- 3.4 WebSphere development environment -- 3.5 Eclipse and the IBM WebSphere Studio Workbench -- 3.5.1 WebSphere Studio Site Developer -- 3.5.2 WebSphere Studio Application Developer -- 3.5.3 WebSphere Studio Application Developer Integration Edition.

3.5.4 More information -- Chapter 4. WebSphere Application Server test environment solutions -- 4.1 General test solution approach -- 4.2 Levels of testing -- 4.2.1 Unit -- 4.2.2 Integration -- 4.2.3 System -- 4.2.4 Stress and performance tests -- 4.2.5 User acceptance -- 4.2.6 Security -- 4.2.7 Pre-production staging -- 4.2.8 Bringing the testing stages together -- 4.3 Best practices and hands-on samples -- 4.3.1 Testing of applications and EJBs -- 4.3.2 More information -- 4.3.3 WebSphere performance tools and methodology workshop -- 4.4 Test tools -- 4.4.1 AKTools -- 4.4.2 IBM Tivoli Monitoring -- 4.4.3 Introscope -- 4.4.4 Jinsight -- 4.4.5 JProbe -- 4.4.6 JUnit -- 4.4.7 Loadrunner -- 4.4.8 Optemizeit -- 4.4.9 Rational Suite TestStudio -- 4.4.10 WebSphere Application Server Resource Analyzer -- 4.4.11 WebSphere Studio Application Developer -- 4.4.12 WebSphere Studio Workload Simulator for z/OS and OS/390 -- 4.5 Platform considerations -- 4.5.1 z/OS -- 4.5.2 OS/400 -- 4.5.3 Platforms: IBM AIX, Linux, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, Windows NT/2000 -- Appendix A. Test management is your friend -- Test assessment and planning -- Test design -- Test execution and reporting -- Test implementation and close -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Related publications -- IBM Redbooks -- Other resources -- Referenced Web sites -- How to get IBM Redbooks -- IBM Redbooks collections -- Index -- Back cover.