Learn API Testing: Norms, Practices, and Guidelines for Building Effective Test Automation

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J. JainLearn API Testinghttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8142-0_2

2. Web Application Architecture

Jagdeep Jain¹  

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Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, India

 

In the previous chapter, you were introduced to API testing. This chapter will help you gain knowledge about the different architectures used for developing a scalable software web application, the protocols used for communicating between a client and a server, and the attributes of those protocols.

At the end of this chapter, you should have a good idea of monolithic and microservices-based architecture and RESTful architecture, the communication established between client and server, and HTTP, headers, requests, ...