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Tutorial 25 - Web Application Testing - A Complete Guide

Web testing involves systematically checking a web application for bugs or issues before public release. It aims to evaluate the functionality, usability, compatibility, performance, and security of a web application. Some common types of web testing include functionality testing to check that features work as intended; usability testing to evaluate how easy the application is to use; and compatibility testing to ensure the application displays correctly on different browsers and devices. Web testing requires testing a variety of scenarios and configurations using various automated and manual testing tools.

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Tutorial 25 - Web Application Testing - A Complete Guide

Web testing involves systematically checking a web application for bugs or issues before public release. It aims to evaluate the functionality, usability, compatibility, performance, and security of a web application. Some common types of web testing include functionality testing to check that features work as intended; usability testing to evaluate how easy the application is to use; and compatibility testing to ensure the application displays correctly on different browsers and devices. Web testing requires testing a variety of scenarios and configurations using various automated and manual testing tools.

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Web Testing:Complete Guide To Test Your Web Applications

Before we pen down more details on the type of web testing , lets quickly define Web Testing.

What is Web Testing?


Web Testing in simple terms is checking your web application for potential bugs before its
made live or before code is moved into the production environment.
During this stage issues such as that of web application security, the functioning of the site, its
access to handicapped as well as regular users and its ability to handle traffic is checked.

Web Application Testing Checklist:


Some or all of the following testing types may be performed depending on your web testing
requirements.

1. Functionality Testing :
This is used to check of your product is as per the specifications you intended for it as well as the
functional requirements you charted out for it in your developmental documentation.Testing
Activities Included:
Test all links in your webpages are working correctly and make sure there are no broken links.
Links to be checked will include

Outgoing links
Internal links
Anchor Links
MailTo Links

Test Forms are working as expected. This will include

Scripting checks on the form are working as expected. For example- if a user does not fill
a mandatory field in a form a error message is shown.
Check default values are being populated
Once submitted , the data in the forms is submitted to a live database or is linked to an
working email address
Forms are optimally formatted for better readability

Test Cookies are working as expected. Cookies are small files used by websites to primarily
remember active user sessions so you do not to log in every time you visit a website. Cookie
Testing will include

Testing cookies (sessions) are deleted either when cache is cleared or when they reach
their expiry.
Delete cookies (sessions) and test that login credentials are asked for when you next visit
the site.

Test HTML and CSS to ensure that search engines can crawl your site easily. This will include

Checking for Syntax Errors


Readable Color Schemas
Standard Compliance.Ensure standards such W3C, OASIS, IETF, ISO, ECMA, or WS-I
are followed.

Test business workflow- This will include

Testing your end - to - end workflow/ business scenarios which takes the user through a
series of webpage's to complete.
Test negative scenarios as well , such that when a user executes an unexpected step ,
appropriate error message or help is shown in your web application.

Tools that can be used: QTP , IBM Rational , Selenium

2. Usability testing:
Usability testing has now become a vital part of any web based project. It can carried out by
testers like you or a small focus group similar to the target audience of the web application.
Test the site Navigation:

Menus , buttons or Links to different pages on your site should be easily visible and
consistent on all webpages

Test the Content:

Content should be legible with no spelling or grammatical errors.


Images if present should contain and "alt" text

Tools that can be used: Chalkmark, Clicktale, Clixpy and Feedback Army

3.Interface Testing:
Three areas to be tested here are - Application , Web and Database Server

Application: Test requests are sent correctly to the Database and output at the client side
is displayed correctly. Errors if any must be caught by the application and must be only
shown to the administrator and not the end user.
Web Server: Test Web server is handling all application requests without any service
denial.
Database Server: Make sure queries sent to the database give expected results.

Test system response when connection between the three layers (Application, Web and
Database) can not be established and appropriate message is shown to the end user.
Tools that can be used: AlertFox,Ranorex

4.Database Testing:
Database is one critical component of your web application and stress must be laid to test it
thoroughly. Testing activities will include

Test if any errors are shown while executing queries


Data Integrity is maintained while creating , updating or deleting data in database.
Check response time of queries and fine tune them if necessary.
Test data retrieved from your database is shown accurately in your web application

Tools that can be used: QTP

5. Compatibility testing.
Compatibility tests ensures that your web application displays correctly across different devices.
This would includeBrowser Compatibility Test: Same website in different browsers will display differently. You
need to test if your web application is being displayed correctly across browsers , javascript ,
AJAX and authentication is working fine. You may also check for Mobile Browser
Compatibility.
The rendering of web elements like buttons , text fields etc changes with change in Operating
System. Make sure your website works fine for various combination of Operating systems such
as Windows , Linux , Mac and Browsers such as Firefox , Internet Explorer , Safari etc.
Tools that can be used: NetMechanic

6.Performance Testing:
This will ensure your site works under all loads. Testing activities will include but not limited to

Website application response times at different connection speeds


Load test your web application to determine its behavior under normal and peak loads
Stress test your web site to determine its break point when pushed to beyond normal
loads at peak time.
Test if a crash occurs due to peak load , how does the site recover from such an event
Make sure optimization techniques like gzip compression , browser and server side cache

enabled to reduce load times


Tools that can be used: Loadrunner, JMeter

7. Security testing:
Security testing is vital for e-commerce website that store sensitive customer information like
credit cards.Testing Activities will include

Test unauthorized access to secure pages should not be permitted


Restricted files should not be downloadable without appropriate access
Check sessions are automatically killed after prolonged user inactivity
On use of SSL certificates , website should re-direct to encrypted SSL pages.

Tools that can be used: Babel Enterprise, BFBTester and CROSS

8.Crowd Testing:
You will select a large number of people (crowd) to execute tests which otherwise would have
been executed a select group of people in the company. Crowdsourced testing is an interesting
and upcoming concept and helps unravel many a unnoticed defects.
Tools that can be used: People like you and me

. And yes , loads of them!

This concludes almost all testing types applicable to your web application.
As a Web-tester its important to note that web testing is quite an arduous process and you are
bound to come across many obstacles. One of the major problems you will face is of course
deadline pressure. Everything is always needed yesterday! The number of times the code will
need changing is also taxing. Make sure you plan your work and know clearly what is
expected of you. Its best define all the tasks involved in your web testing and then create a
work chart for accurate estimates and planning.

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