Web-Design Testing is an essential phase of a web-based design project. It refers to the web application testing i.e. a software testing technique used to test the applications that are hosted on the web which goes through the different test phases like testing the application interfaces and other functionalities.
Web Testing is carried out in several phases that sequentially tests the web applications from every aspect of functionality and the user experience. In addition, it can help you get most out of your mobile app UI design project.
Web-Design Testing Techniques
Usability Testing
Usability Testing is performed to ensure the user-friendliness of the web design. The primary aim is to test how easy is it for a new user to access the website and navigate through it. General testing process includes:-
- Every page must contain a title
- Ensure that grammar, spelling and the sentences are correct
- Same font must be used throughout and the text must be properly aligned.
- There must be a home screen icon on every page
- Check for broken links and images.
- Check how your website looks on various display sizes
- Include a scroll bar if required
Functional Testing
The basic idea Functional Testing is to verify if the product meets the intended functional specifications mentioned in the development documentation.
- Test and validate all the mandatory fields
- The maximum supported length of every field should be verified
- Perform timeout functionality test
- In case of any failure, user must get redirected to the custom error page.
- Test whether all the uploaded documents are easily accessible
- Verify javascript functionality on different browsers
Compatibility Testing
The primary objective of Compatibility Testing is to evaluate how well software performs in a particular browser, Operating Systems, hardware or software.
- Check and ensure whether the website is displaying properly in different browsers
- Check if HTML version being used is compatible with appropriate browser versions
- Verify if images and fonts are appropriately displayed
- Test if java script code is usable in different browsers
Database Testing
Database Testing is done to test the back-end records that have been inserted through the web or desktop applications.
- Database Testing to ensure logical organization of usable data and deleting any unnecessary data
- Some other testing procedures include- error free database transactions, following of proper convention in triggers, proper indexing of data and its security
Security Testing
A major and bit complicated testing phase- Security Testing is done to ensure data protection and secured data access to the user.
- Validate important data like password, credit card numbers, secret answers for security question etc.
- Important information like credit card numbers should be displayed in encrypted format
- Ensure that any error messages is not displaying any important information
- Verify that user should not remain logged in once the session expires
- Verify if “View Source code” option is disabled and is not visible to the visitor
- Cookies should not store passwords
- Validate the SQL injection attacks
- Check for the user rights and permissions
Performance Testing
Performance Testing is done to check the compliance of performance with specified performance of the system.
- Check the performance, stability and scalability of application under different load conditions.
- Check if the current architecture supports the application
- Test to determine which configuration provides the best performance
- Evaluate product to determine if it can handle specified load
