What stuff on a website can't be tested locally?
If everything can what do I need to be able to test it?
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Jump to PostIt all depends on the application. Just to name a few testing procedures:
- CSS/HTML validation
- Performance testing
- Link validation
- Cross-browser compatibility
Here's a link that provides tools you can use to do this: http://www.graphicrating.com/2009/08/11/15-tools-for-testing-your-website/
Jump to PostIf you have an application in PHP / HTML / CSS / Javascript, you can test most things in a local test environment. You need to have a "LAMP" environment installed on your local machine. For more info:
Jump to PostIn my opinion you will probably have much more flexibility on a local machine than on a hosted solution. There are a few pain points I have encountered before though.
First, if your app is running a command line utility make sure it is available on all platforms or …
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