Functional Testing

Test Web Pages for correct function, formatting, cookies and data validation. Functional testing is ideal to accomplish smoke testing regression testing, and integration testing.

Check Links

• Test links to a page from external pages
• Test all links on a page for correct operation
• Test links to anchors on the same page
• Test email mail-to links Identify orphan pages – pages that are not linked from other pages

Session and Cookie Management Testing

• Check application log-in sessions by enabling and disabling cookies
• Negative test cookies by using a mismatching domain
• Check that session cookies reset between browser sessions
• Check application security by selectively deleting cookies while a test operates

Test Web Form On the Pages

• Check the field validation logic for each field Check default values for each field
• Check that password fields do not show the password contents
• Negative test invalid input values for each field
• Validate the response to a form submit

Dynamic Content Testing (aka database Testing)

• Check data consistency in database-driven Web forms
• Check create, edit, delete, update (CRUD) tasks
• Verify data retrieval delivers the correct data
• Identify database connectivity and query errors