Web Application Testing Strategy

March 13, 2012 - PRLog -- In the case when testing web application or software product is performed in phases, each phase can be used to focus on a specific object, to perform specific tasks and to achieve certain goals. Various methods and techniques of software testing can be adapted and used during the testing on certain stages.

Another important aspect of testing is the integration of different testing technologies and associated activities for the unification of efforts. Such unification is used to inspect large software products, to ensure versatile quality assurance and to protect system from various problems.

Costs can be significantly reduced with such comprehensive strategies because of the exchange of common models, source of data, results etc.

The comprehensive strategy focused on users is supported by using the test scripts, functions, elements of navigation and design. Such strategy can be achieved with the help of specialized models of bottom and high levels of testing strategy.

On the other hand, the internal components and structure of web applications can be fully tested with the help of some low-level models with focus on the traditional coverage-based testing, but under the direction of upper level management methods.

Generally, a set of suitable testing methods can be selected and adapted to achieve certain objectives under different software environments.

The integration of these test methods, in turn, will help us to achieve results more efficiently and in a short time.

The main sub-stages of integrated software testing are described hierarchically below:

•   High Level: Top Access Report is a linear list of frequently used services, sorted by rating, which can be grouped according to the relationship in client usage scenarios.
•   Average Level: Unified Markov Models are used for groups of top access report entries related by call-repair report. This level can be extended to the Unified Markov Models of the lower level or other models.
•   Low Level: Detailed Unified Markov Models or other similar models that are related with critical or constantly visited assembly of UMMs. Other models that differ from the Markov models can also be tested at this level.

In addition to these sub-phases there are a lot of specialized tasks and related testing methods and techniques of web testing strategy.

The most important of them are listed below:

•   Fault injection, mutation testing and other types of verification based on the detection of software bugs.
•   Usability testing http://qatestlab.com/services/service-models/usability-te..., stress testing, performance testing http://qatestlab.com/services/our-qa-services/performance..., volume testing.
•   Problem diagnosis testing.
•   Prototyping, simulation and other dynamic alternatives to testing.
•   Regression testing http://qatestlab.com/services/our-qa-services/regression-... for support and upgrade of old versions of the software product.
•   Dynamic methods of analyzing.

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