How should you test web applications

Security is of prime important in today’s digital world and new bugs and threats that arrive everyday are only making people more paranoid about it. That is the reason why you must evolve a sound process to test your web applications before they go live. For this, you should know how testing practices have to be adhered to and also why we need to stick to them. This article gives you a synopsis of the steps involved in testing web applications.

1. Develop test objectives

What are test objectives? These are ends developed with the end-user requirements in mind. But you must first classify your priorities. For this, you must first be clear about your project goals. If you find defects in your application, which ones are going to get priority? And which ones should be flagged as least important? The answer to these question must be decided beforehand.

2. Develop a reporting process

Keep reporting simple. Establish the necessary steps for defects or bugs to be reported and categorized. This is the key to efficiency. The reporting has to be in line with the project’s objectives.

3. Establish the test environment

Separate the test environment from development and production. That means keeping the web server, application server and the database server separate. This helps you simplify process and makes it easier to pin point such as to where issues exactly lie.

4. Have a professional tracking system

Testing web applications involves endlessly tracking issues and to track issues and resolve them to their end, you need to have the right systems in place. By this, we mean a tracking system that identifies where the mistake lies and how to resolve it. To prioritize the issue has already been dealt with. You need to set up a timeframe to resolve issues too.

5. Perform unit and usability testing

Well, you must be knowing this, but anyways, unit testing is where you test the individual portions of the application to see if they are functioning properly. In usability testing, the testing is performed with the end-user perspective in mind. In other words, usability determines testing evaluation.