Patent ID: 7849447

Claim:
A system, comprising: at least one server configured to access a first application that is the subject of a test; a log of information relating to use of the first application, wherein said log of information is accessible by at least one of said at least one servers; at least one data file relating to the first application, wherein said at least one data file is accessible by at least one of said at least one servers and includes a test specification and test data, the test data including information determined from said log of information; and a second application configured to retrieve data from the data file based on the information stored in the log and conduct the test based at least in part on the log and the data file, wherein said test specification includes a directive for the second application to dynamically retrieve data from the test data, wherein a first and a second graphical user interface (GUI) respectively for the first and the second application are provided substantially concurrently for side-by-side display to a user, the second GUI being provided based on instructions in the test specification, and wherein a user may select a link in the second GUI to display a page from the first application in the first GUI, and wherein a request is received from the user when the user enters the request into the displayed page according to instructions displayed on the second GUI.