Research of mind shift in testing methodologies and approaches in the world of cloud technologies

This is intended to be a survey of existing test methodologies for cloud-based applications and services with pros and cons of each approach. We will touch base to cloud computing by telling the importance of cloud computing for enterprises, the types of cloud computing platforms used commonly and their attributes. Tools that can be used for cloud-based application testing are reviewed under different categories of testing. A sample Windows Azure application is also being tested with Visual Studio Web Test environment and Selenium Test Suite components to demonstrate the capabilities of these tools.