Web Application UI Testing Checklist/Guidelines

Introduction:

Everyone would agree that User Interface (UI) of any web applications is an important aspect. Hence UI testing is very helpful. They’re usually on the top of the automated testing pyramid and thus automating UI test is the right step forward in QA automation.

Functional UI testing is basically testing any application’s User Interface determining how the application and the end users interact with each other. This generally includes testing how the application displays text, images, buttons, menus, icons and different controls.

Why?

Many of us know the benefits of automated UI testing. Leveraging automated and repeatable tests results in increased software quality. But knowing the mere benefits is not enough. Knowing the absolute things which should be tested for every web application can maximize your benefits.
Improper practices often leads to team frustration, rework, and even rejection of the practice.
Here’s a useful checklist that will help the testers giving information on items that should be tested to ensure quality of UI of your web apps. There are many but these factors are the least observed sometimes but can be a disaster of not found.

Checklist:

#1. COLORS STANDARD:

• Check for the hyperlink colors standard according to your website
• Is the web page background color distraction free & correct color?
• Color of the warning messages should be tested

#2. CONTENT USED IN WEBSITE:

• Check for content alignment
• Check for the fonts, lower/upper cases with words, labels alignment, etc. for all the content
• Check the error messages on the screen

#3. IMAGES:

• Graphics alignments should be tested so as to display properly when opened on different devices
• Check for the size of images and banners used on website
• Check for zoom in/zoom out, rotation and other options if available for website

#4. NAVIGATION:

• Check for the tabs loading time (All should be loaded on time)
• Test if scroll bar is displayed when required
• Check for the broken links

#5. USABILITY: Now this one is the most important factor to be tested for any applications. For this you need to act as any end user rather than a developer or tester. The list can be very long but major factors are:

• Can any end user use the website without any frustration?
• Test for the functionality of all the controls like buttons, labels, check boxes, radio buttons, text boxes, etc.
• Can users find easily what they are looking for?
• Is your website responsive and readable for all screen resolutions?
• Can the webpages be printed without cutting off the text?

Web UI Testing with TestingWhiz

Functional testing is usually done by human testers but can be made a lot easier with test automation solutions like TestingWhiz. TestingWhiz offers out of the box features that extend the productivity of your Web UI Testing.

• The robust capabilities of TestingWhiz for functional UI testing have made it hot favorites among individual testers, enterprise level testing and institutes for building business class applications.
• Web UI Functional Validations: TestingWhiz allows you to test functionality of individual components across multiple browsers without requiring any coding. Helps you create flexible test cases that can be easily reused across environments.
• Distributed Testing: Now run the tests regularly remotely eliminating the need of installing the setup for all nodes with TestingWhiz’s distribute testing.More on Distributed Testing by TestingWhiz
• UI Comparison: Helps you compare two images and can identify the difference at the pixel level. Website with rich graphic and images can leverage this functionality to automate test scenarios.
  More on Image Comparison by TestingWhiz

Automated testing of UI with TestingWhiz guarantees consistency of your applications and ensures that software meets its requirements.