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Hi all,

I would like to know more how i can test a web site... i only doing functional testing...

[114 byte] By [DeepakJose] at [2008-2-5]
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# 1

Some more context of what you are testing may help get better answers. For example:

  • How many pages are on your web site? Is it a few pages or do you need to effectively figure out how to test dozens (or hundreds) of pages?
  • What do you expect users to do with the site - does it present static data, or can users interact (i.e. blog comments, merchandise ordering, etc.)
  • Along the same lines, what are you testing for? You say you are doing functional testing, so do you just want to confirm that links work, or is there more going on that you need to verify.
  • Probably more, but this may give us a good place to start in answering this question.
AlanPage at 2007-10-3 > top of Msdn Tech,Software Engineering Discussion,Software Testing Discussion...
# 2

Deepak,

As Alan has suggested, it would help us understand your needs better if you could provide more details of your testing requirements. The msdn link http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms364077(VS.80).aspx will give you some information on how Microsoft's VS TeamSystem for Tester addresses the webtesting space.

RameshSingh at 2007-10-3 > top of Msdn Tech,Software Engineering Discussion,Software Testing Discussion...
# 3

First thank Alan, I as if now i just do the function test... as u said i check the link and also in one web site we have many form page when the end user fill the details... but the performance is not up to the mark... so how can i go regarding this... plz help me.

And also i need the GUI Specification for web development which i can use for testing i got many but i need the hight and width (like of text box, button ext)

Regards

deepak

DeepakJose at 2007-10-3 > top of Msdn Tech,Software Engineering Discussion,Software Testing Discussion...
# 4

I do not have a lot of experience testing web pages, but I can offer some general advice.

Off the top of my head, here are some basics you can do. How much you do, of course, depends on how much time you have, so you'll have to prioritize for your situation.

There are many applications available that will "crawl" a web page, or web site and confirm that the links point to valid pages (you may also need to confirm that the linked page is the "right" page, and not use a valid page somewhere on the web). A search may find something you can use.

You could copy the web page text to a word processor and run spell check - you will probably have some false positives, but it's a good way to find typos that may be missed otherwise.

The form input tests may include valid input, invalid input, null (blank) input, or input in non-native charsets (and likely a lot more).

I don't quite understand the last question, but if you're looking for specs on html form controls (buttons, text boxes, etc.), http://www.w3.org/ would be the best plact to start.

Finally, if you are serious about web testing, I highly recomment the Andrews and Whittaker book "How to break web software"

AlanPage at 2007-10-3 > top of Msdn Tech,Software Engineering Discussion,Software Testing Discussion...
# 5

one tip i can offer you that most testers find very useful in the case of functional testing is - think like the user would think. That is basically for your functional black-box testing.

go through every possible scenario a user would think of...any mistakes the user might make..see how the system handles those..

start with large scenarios and keep breaking them down, and at every stage model a sort of flow chart to remind you of the control flows you've already been through...so you dont keep repeating the same thing over and over again.

often, fatigue can set and and you begin to feel like what you're doing is very monotonous. if that happens, stop and start again after a couple of hours or the next day with a fresh mind. you'll be amazed at how much more efficient you are Smile ..it becomes fun, too, cause you're thinking like a website user who is just surfing through your website

Scotty777 at 2007-10-3 > top of Msdn Tech,Software Engineering Discussion,Software Testing Discussion...
# 6

Here is a good starter article to read on what things to look for when testing forms on a website.

http://www.testingreflections.com/node/view/4909

As for link checking, the best tool I have found is WebLink Validator.

-Erik

Erik-CO at 2007-10-3 > top of Msdn Tech,Software Engineering Discussion,Software Testing Discussion...
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