What are Cookies and What do They Serve For?

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What Are Cookies and What do They Serve For?
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What Are Cookies and What do They Serve For?
In order to carry out manual and automated
testing of web software products one should be
familiar with all the peculiarities of modern web
technology.
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What Are Cookies and What do They Serve For?
One of web technology aspects is cookies.
Nowadays most of web sites and web applications
use them.
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What Are Cookies and What do They Serve For?
Everybody heard about cookies, but those who are
involved in usability testing, compatibility
testing, localization testing or other testing
types of web software must know what they are,
and for what they serve.
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What Are Cookies?
Cookies are text files stored on the user
computer. Such files are created by the web
applications with which the user interacts, they
contain data allowing to identify the user and
continue work with the application based on the
previous interaction with it. They store history
of the user work with the web application.
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What Are Cookies?
Cookies are utilized by browsers and the web
servers, they help to direct the users to the
required web pages, display the suitable
data. So, every time when a user visits a web
site that utilizes cookies, special code embedded
in HTML pages activates and creates or edits
cookies on the user device. Web servers need HTTP
protocols for maintaining their cookies.
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HTTP Protocols Can be of 2 Types
Stateless. Such HTTP protocols do not track or
document history of interaction with web software.
Stateful. They track and record history of data
exchange between a web browser and web server.
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Bon Appetit!
P.S. And how many cookies have You counted
during the presentation?