Web Software Testing: Ensuring Web Software Is Functional And SecureSoftware testing consists of many different types and phases. In addition, there are different types of software, each of them needing testing before they can be released. Web software testing is a important because of the high impact that the internet has in our daily lives. The internet is where most of the security intrusions come from resulting in an important reason why the testing must be complete before the software can be released. As important as testing is for web development, it is always rushed in an attempt to get the software development completed. There are types of web software testing that the testing engineers do during the creation and development of the software. Web software testing consists of five different groups or types: code testing, load testing, compatibility testing, functional testing and regression testing. Sometimes web development is done by a software release pattern known as alpha/beta testing. Alpha release is operational testing that is done on all the little parts of the software, but not the software as a whole. Alpha testing is usually done at the developer's site as a type of internal test. Software that has been alpha tested cannot be released until all the major functional parts of the software are coded in the correct state. Beta testing is done after alpha testing and consists of the entire software as a whole. It's the completed version and is often released to a select group of the public for them to test the product. This alpha/beta method is generally not used when developing a website because with the use of HTML, it's easy to integrate individual pages on the site. In other words, they can build one page, test it, it's done, and they can go onto the next one, with each one independent of the next. Code testing is when an engineer is looking for bugs in the code. Because the process of web development moves so quickly, it is important that a bug-free code be written. Highly qualified techs use a method of paired-programming where one writes the code and the other checks it. The software is preliminarily released repeated so it can be tested so by the time of the actual release, they are assured the code is bug free. Load testing is making sure the program will open quickly and completely. If you've ever tried to go to a certain webpage only to have it take too long to load, you know the importance of load testing. The testing will consist of documenting how many users the site will support at the same time, the amount of transactions it will handle and the response time under different conditions or flows of traffic. Compatibility testing is making sure the program will work with different operating systems or hardware configuration without causing problems. Functional testing is making sure the web software functions as it is designed to function without any interruptions. Regression testing consists of the software being tested for certain bugs, the bugs are removed and the software is retested to make sure the corrections did not cause it to not perform. All of these tests are needed to make the web software testing complete. |