There are a variety of tools available that can help test and optimize website performance:
charge storm- Developers can use this tool to check website load time. This tool allows its users to create as many test plans, scenarios and steps as required. Tests can be built using the tool in such a way that they simulate a large number of different users with unique logins and different tasks.
Analysis site – This tool can be used to test and validate critical components of a website. It helps test and validate internal and external links, domain names, DNS servers, and SSL certificates. This can be run as needed as often as every hour or as often as once a week.
Avalanche- One more load testing tool specially created to test security infrastructures, networks and web applications generating large amounts of user and network traffic. It works well with various web browsers and supports testing of web services. Supports HTTP 1.0/1.1, SSL, FTP, RTSP/RTP, MS Win Media, and more.
VisualVM- This free tool helps to test Java applications. Automatically detects and enumerates locally and remotely running Java applications while monitoring application performance and memory consumption.
HTML Validator- This Mozilla plugin adds HTML validation within Firefox and Mozilla. You can indicate the number of errors of an HTML page visible as cons in the status bar. A user can easily view the error details in the HTML source of the page for correction.
Fortify 360- This is a security and vulnerability detection tool for the website. It features built-in static source code analysis, dynamic runtime analysis, and real-time monitoring to accurately identify and prioritize the most critical security vulnerabilities.
XenoCode Browser Sandbox – This is an important testing tool for developers before launching a website as a browser test. This tool offers a series of virtual applications that can run all popular browsers simultaneously. It doesn’t even require software installation.
W3C HTML Validation Service- This validator checks the validity of web document markup in HTML, XHTML, SMIL, MathML, etc. If you want to validate specific content, such as RSS/Atom feeds or CSS style sheets, MobileOK content, or find broken links, there are other validators and tools available.
Google Website Optimizer – Google’s testing service that allows its users to test desired content and pages. It is generally used to test titles, images, or text using a web-based system. Testing helps analyze the impacts on conversions, user actions, traffic, or other goals.
device anywhere – This mobile phone testing tool helps develop, deploy and test content on more than 2000 real mobile devices on global networks live all over the world over the Internet.
I hope these tools will help freelance web developers to create a user-friendly and error-free website. Please share your suggestions and comments on the same.
