E-Commerce Testing

Selenium - Open source test automation tool for executing scenarios against web applications to validate browser compatibility and system functionality.
http://www.openqa.org/selenium/

Yawet - A visual tool to create, run and debug functional and regression tests for web applications. [Freeware]
http://www.informatrix.ch/indexYWT.html

E-ffective Testing for E-commerce - Article presented at the 1999 Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference.
http://www.stickyminds.com/sitewide.asp?ObjectType=ART&ObjectId=1492&function=edetail

Solex - Eclipse IDE plug-in designed to ensure the non-regression and stress testing of a Web application. [Open Source, Apache Software License]
http://solex.sourceforge.net/

Automated Web Test - Information on Functional and Performance or Stress Testing of Web Applications using automation tools like Mercury WinRunner and LoadRunner.
http://www.automatedwebtest.info/

eValid Web Application Testing Suite - Functional, regression, and load testing of web applications through a full-featured web browser.
http://www.soft.com/eValid/

Curl-loader - The C-written tool uses HTTP, FTP and TLS/SSL protocol stacks of libcurl and OpenSSL and simulates thousands of clients. Authentication-login, unlimited download urls and logoff are configurable. [Open source, GPL]
http://curl-loader.sourceforge.net/

TracePlus Web Detective (eBusiness Edition) - TracePlus/Web Detective (eBusiness Edition) is a performance analysis and diagnostic tool specifically designed for Web development. Analyze the HTTP and HTTPS protocols used by an application and view performance and diagnostic information.
http://www.sstinc.com/webpro.html

PesterCat - A testing tool for web applications. Key features include: Recording/playback of HTTP requests, XML script format, database validations, variables and variable setters, Ant tasks automate testing. [Commercial, demo versions]
http://www.pestercat.com/

Web Test Tools - Listing of web test tools and management tools - link checking, html validation, load testing, security testing, java testing, publishing control, site mapping.
http://www.softwareqatest.com/qatweb1.html

Legal Requirements in E-Commerce Testing - Paper published by Microsoft offering a conceptual framework for requirements testing in business-to-consumer e-commerce applications.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/itsolutions/ecommerce/plan/legalreq.mspx

WET - An opensource web automation testing tool that drives an IE Browser directly. Automated testing is done equivalent to how a user would drive a web site.
http://wet.qantom.org/

Minimal Essential Testing Strategy (METS) - The site features a presentation of the quality assurance methodology, its application for Web site testing and template worksheets.
http://www.gregpaskal.com/mets/

Strenuus - TestAgent test helps companies during user acceptance testing (UAT) phase of their web application development cycle.
http://www.strenuus.com/

MaxQ - A Python based proxy for generating automated website tests, focussing on standard conformity and regression tests. [Open source, BSD license]
http://maxq.tigris.org/

Webcorder - Web testing tool aimed for end users, to record and play usage scenarios. Also testing resources and AS400 information. By Crimson Solutions. [Freeware]
http://www.crimsonsolutions.co.uk/

The WebSite Quality Challenge (White Paper) - An overview of quality requirements and solutions for WWW sites, with an emphasis on test automation.
http://www.soft.com/evalid/Technology/White.Papers/website.quality.html

Canoo WebTest - A open source tool for automated testing of web applications. It calls web pages and verifies the results, giving reports on success and failure. [BSD-like]
http://webtest.canoo.com/

philosophe.com - Essays on Web Site Quality - Essays on Web Site Quality, Design, and Usability
http://www.philosophe.com/