Testing applications on a server

You can use the workbench to test one or more projects on a server.

• Testing artifacts on a server
  You can use the workbench to test one or more application artifacts on a server.

• Testing enterprise beans in the universal test client
  The server tools provide you with a Web-based Universal Test Client where you can test your enterprise beans and Java™ classes.

• Creating tables and data sources automatically to test CMP beans
  The table and data source creator provides an automated way to test CMP enterprise beans without needing to worry about the persistence mechanism or how to configure a data source.

• Testing J2EE Application Clients
  J2EE application clients are like regular Java applications. They contain a main() method that is executed, and they continue executing until the client virtual machine terminates. They can be run as typical "fat client" applications, to display a GUI that connects to a set of enterprise beans for persistence and business logic, or as server applications that provide services over the network. However, a J2EE application client has several advantages over regular Java applications, because it runs within a lightweight server container. This container can provide the application client with services that used to be available only to other J2EE components.

• Testing on a HTTP Preview server
  Use the HTTP Preview server when you want to quickly test resources in a static Web project. The HTTP Preview server is a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) embedded test server that is integrated with the workbench. It is intended for preliminary testing and saves you time to download, install, and set up an HTTP server. However, as your static Web project progresses through its development cycle you are encourage to test and run on an external HTTP server. You can use the HTTP Preview server as a convenient way to check for errors before you do a final test on an external HTTP server.

• Testing on a J2EE Preview server
  Use the J2EE Preview server when you want to quickly compile, test and run resources in a J2EE Web project. The J2EE Web projects you can test on a J2EE Preview server are static Web projects, dynamic Web projects and utility projects. Hereafter, the term J2EE Web project refers to any of these previously mentioned projects.

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