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A Stepwise Guide to Web Application Testing

Web application testing is now a necessity to test for potential bugs during the production environment before going live as well as in the maintenance phase.

A stepwise guide to web application testing
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Most of us make decisions based on the information we get from the internet because it has become an indispensable part of our lives. Websites that are informative, accessible, and user-friendly have become mandatory for all businesses to stay relevant in the market.

Hence, web application testing is now a necessity to test for potential bugs during the production environment before going live as well as in the maintenance phase. The UI design and functionality are primary of website testing. During this stage, check issues like security, access for disabled users, and the ability to handle the traffic. The following steps are done, depending on your testing requirements.

Functionality testing:

Checks if your website is as per the functional specifications you laid out in your developmental documentation. Here are a few tests performed under this:

  • Check all the links in your webpages are working correctly.
  • Test forms used for submitting or getting information from the user on all pages.
  • Validate your HTML/CSS to ensure the search engines can crawl your site.
  • Test database connection, cookies, and business workflow.

Usability testing:

Carried out by testers with a small focus group similar to your target audience and test site navigation and content.

Interface testing:

There are three areas to be tested

Application: Check if test requests are sent to the database correctly and if output displayed on the end-user side is the same. Bugs caught should be seen only by the administrator and not the end-user.

Web server: Test if it can handle all requests without any errors.

Database server: Ensure queries directed to database produce forecasted results. Also, check system responses when a connection between the three layers cannot be established and see if the right message displays to the end-user.

Database Testing:

Test the response time and see if any bugs show up while executing queries and fine-tune it if needed. Check if test data retrieved is correct and if its integrity is maintained while you create, update, or delete data from the database.

Compatibility testing:

It tests if your website displays precisely the same across different mobiles, devices, and browsers like Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, etc. and if the authentication works fine. Web element rendering changes with every operating system such as Windows, Linux, Mac.

Performance Testing:

Web application response times under different connection speeds and loads (normal and peak). Stress check your web site to note its breakpoint and test how the site recovers. Optimization techniques like zip compression and the server-side cache are enabled to reduce load times.

Security testing:

A website can sometimes store sensitive customer information like credit card details, so check unauthorized access for secure pages. It should also redirect to encrypted SSL pages, and prolonged sessions should automatically get killed, and restricted files should not be downloadable without suitable access.

As a top software testing services company, Codoid knows that it is vital to conduct web testing consistently. That’s why it is best to define all the tasks involved and then create a work chart to estimate and plan the testing steps accurately. Make sure you hire a leading QA company to take care of your web application testing needs and cut costs significantly from your QA testing budget.

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