Web Apps Testing Methodologies

Different Web Apps Testing Methodologies and Tools

In today’s fiercely competitive and rapidly changing web-based scenarios, it has become
 critical to the businesses and organizations to test their web-based applications thoroughly
 before they plan to launch their website. By performing rigorous testing of their web application,
 organizations can get an assurance that their applications will work smoothly and will be easily
 accepted by the end-users.

You can use a wide range of testing methodologies or techniques when it comes to test the web
 apps for their quality and function. Such testing techniques not only test web application quality,
 but also test for the web application’s browser compatibility, load testing, scalability testing, stress
 testing and more. As RIAs (Rich Internet Applications) are introducing a huge shift in a way we deliver
 and use web-based applications, one must 
test the web application.

In this post, we’re going to discuss a few basic testing methodologies for testing web apps. Also

Here are a few of the basic testing techniques for web applications:

1. Functionality Testing
The main goal of functional testing is to make sure that all the functions within a web
 app are working smoothly without any technical glitches. In a web application, functional 
testing could cover different things like whether all the links are working properly or not,
 testing forms in all the pages, testing cookies, validating HTML or CSS, testing database for
 the security and so on.
 
One should also ensure that test cases cover all the boundary conditions that need to be tested.
 Also, invalid inputs should give an appropriate error message.

2. Usability Testing
When it comes to make the application user-friendly and effective, its user interface should 
comply with the standards. It is important that you follow all the global conventions and web
 standards while developing a web application. Usability testing is suitable for the applications
 that are intended to streamline the manual process.
 
However, one should also keep in mind certain important aspects like proper navigation, site 
map, avoid using over-crowded content and more while approaching for the usability testing.
 
3. Interface Testing
One of the most important interfaces within a web application are web server and application
 server interface and database server interface. Interface testing will ensure that all the individual
 components within a web application are connected appropriately. One should check whether the
 interaction between these servers are executed properly or not with the help of this testing
 method.

4. Compatibility Testing
Compatibility of your web application is one of the most crucial things you should consider while
 testing the application. Compatibility testing will check your website or web application for
 browser compatibility, operating system compatibility, mobile browsing and printing options.

5. Performance Testing
Performance testing will help you determine the performance of your web application under
 various scenarios. Performance testing usually involves stress testing, scalability testing and
 load testing. In this testing method, website is usually tested for its functionality on different
 operating system, hardware platforms and more.

6. Security Testing
This testing method is one of the most important ones for your web application as if data 
leaks or modifications are tolerable or not. It usually involves various things like testing the
 CAPTCHA for automates scripts logins, testing SSL for security measures, whether it is possible
 to access web directories or files directly or not and so on.

These are all the major web application testing methodologies or techniques you can use. 
However, there are plenty of web applications testing tools available in the market. 

Here’s the list of a few of the most popular testing tools you can use to test your web
 application:

1. TestingWhiz: TestingWhiz is rapidly becoming popular among the testers and QA
 teams to test a wide range of applications. It is an intuitive and affordable solution, which
 based on FAST® automation engine. It brings wide range of features like effortless and
 intelligent recording techniques like keyword-driven testing, data driven testing, Excel inputs, 
object recorder and Java scripting to offer powerful test automation solutions like automated
 regression testing, cross browser testing, image comparison and language translation.

2. Dojo Testing: DOH (Dojo Objective Harness) brings both command line and browser
 support for the testers. It is one of the most flexible and easy to use web application testing
 tools available in the market.

3. LinkTiger: This amazing tool is used by the professionals to test and identify the broken
 links within a website or web application. With the help of user-friendly dashboard, you can
 easily leverage from clear and well-organized reports with pie charts and graphs showing status
 of all the broken links on your site.

4. FlexMonkey: It is nothing but an Adobe AIR application that is used generally to test Flex
 and AIR-based applications in a hassle-free way. It covers all the facets of test script writing,
 running and reporting to achieve the desired level of application test coverage.

Well, these are just a few major tools you can use to test your web applications, but there
 are hundreds of other tools you can google over the web as per your needs. Have you ever
 tried any of these tools? Share your experiences in the comments…!

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