This blog post provides a detail process on how to create and run unit tests for  Google App Engine applications. The author shows how to write the tests using the standard python unittest module and execute them with gaeunit, a web based test runner. He reminds us that it is easier to write unit tests during design rather than afterwards. We should also keep the tests high level so that further detailed modifications will not break the tests. A short video summarizing Google App Engine unit testing is available at …

As cloud computing dives deeply into its latest trend, the proliferation of instances of mobile device access, testing the explosive numbers of new applications could be an obstacle to speedy deployment. Automated testing on the cloud is the answer to that roadblock. This article discusses how to add grid computing and peer-to-peer collaboration functionality to make automated testing on the cloud more effective. It also provides an example of a real-world system and scenario.

SAN FRANCISCO, August 12, 2010 — Sauce Labs, the Selenium company, today rolled out Sauce TV to customers of its Sauce OnDemand cross-browser testing service. Designed to eliminate a critical ‘blind spot’ when testing applications in the cloud, Sauce TV gives developers a live, secure view of their tests running on Sauce Labs’ cloud machines. Developers can shorten their test debugging cycles with the confidence of knowing what’s going on at all times – and share testing videos …

MONROVIA, CA (July 27, 2010) Parasoft Corporation, leading provider of automated solutions that improve software quality and the development process, today announced the release of Parasoft Test. Parasoft Test is a new platform for integrating testing throughout all stages of the software development lifecycle. In addition to delivering the industry’s most comprehensive set of capabilities for Java, C, C++, .NET, SOA, Web, Cloud, and message/protocol testing, Parasoft Test also provides task management and peer code review …