Web testing focus on web application where we ensure that the entire web applications function properly.
There are few web testing checklist:
1) Functionality Testing
2) Usability testing
3) Interface testing
4) Compatibility testing
5) Performance testing
6) Security testing
1) Functionality Testing:
Test for - all the links in web pages, database connection, forms used in the web pages for submitting or getting information from user, Cookie testing.
2) Usability Testing:
Test for navigation:
Navigation means how the user surfs the web pages, different controls like buttons, boxes or how user using the links on the pages to surf different pages.
Content checking:
Content should be logical and easy to understand. Check for spelling errors. Use of dark colors annoys users and should not be used in site theme.
Other user information for user help:
Like search option, sitemap, help files etc. Sitemap should be present with all the links in web sites with proper tree view of navigation. Check for all links on the sitemap.
3) Interface Testing:
Check for resolution, color depth, Graphic card, etc
4) Compatibility Testing:
Compatibility of your web site is very important testing aspect. See which compatibility test to be executed:
- Browser compatibility
- Operating system compatibility
- Mobile browsing
- Printing options
Your web site coding should be cross browser platform compatible
Test your web application on different operating systems like Windows, Unix, MAC, Linux, Solaris with different OS flavors.
5) Performance testing:
Web application should sustain to heavy load. Web performance testing should include:
Web Load Testing
Web Stress Testing
Test application performance on different internet connection speed.
Stress testing: Generally stress means stretching the system beyond its specification limits. Web stress testing is performed to break the site by giving stress and checked how system reacts to stress and how system recovers from crashes.
Stress is generally given on input fields, login and sign up areas.
6) Security Testing:- Test by pasting internal url directly into browser address bar without login. Internal pages should not open.
- If you are logged in using username and password and browsing internal pages then try changing url options directly. I.e. If you are checking some publisher site statistics with publisher site ID= 123. Try directly changing the url site ID parameter to different site ID which is not related to logged in user. Access should denied for this user to view others stats.
- Try some invalid inputs in input fields like login username, password, input text boxes. Check the system reaction on all invalid inputs.
- Web directories or files should not be accessible directly unless given download option.
- Test the CAPTCHA for automates scripts logins.
- Test if SSL is used for security measures. If used proper message should get displayed when user switch from non-secure http:// pages to secure https:// pages and vice versa.
- All transactions, error messages, security breach attempts should get logged in log files somewhere on web server.
