Web Application Testing

Web applications are characterized by peculiarities that differentiate them from any other software application. These peculiarities affect their testing in several ways, which may result in harder than traditional application testing. Suitable methods and techniques have to be defined and used to test web applications effectively. This chapter presents the main differences between web applications and traditional ones, and how these differences impact the testing of Web applications. It also discusses relevant contributions in the field of Web application testing, proposed recently. The focus of the chapter is mainly on testing the functionality of a web application, although discussions about the testing of non-functional requirements are provided too. Readers are required to have a general knowledge of software testing and Web technologies.