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Unit 8: Web Site Testing

• A Web site's text is tested to check whether the text is matching the audience level.
• While testing the hyperlinks, check whether the mouse pointer icon changes when placed on the
hyperlink.

• To conduct black box testing for a Web site, the tester need not be aware of the internal design or
code.
• To conduct white box testing for a Web site, the tester should have the knowledge of the internal
working of the system being tested.
• In white box testing, a tester has to test dynamic content, database-driven Web pages,
programmatically created Web pages, server performance and loading, and security.

• Gray box Web site testing identifies the defects due to bad design or bad implementation of the
Web site.
• Configuration and compatibility testing is carried out to test the compatibility of the functional
acceptance simple tests or a subset of the task-oriented functional tests on various combinations of
software and hardware configurations.
8.6 Keywords

Address Bar: An address bar is a text field in a web browser, which displays the Web site address or the
Universal resource locator (URL) to the user.
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS): It is a simple mechanism for adding styles such as fonts, colors, and
spacing to Web pages.
Cookies: Cookies are a piece of text that is stored on a user’s computer by the web browser. There are
various reasons for storing them which includes authentication, storing site preferences or shopping
cart contents.

Client/Server Applications: This type of architecture works with as a two-tier model where there are
two computer programs -- one program, the client, makes a service request from another program, the
server, which fulfills the request.
Firewall: It is a device that protects networks from unauthorized access by permitting legitimate
communication networks.
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer): It is the standard security technology used to create an encrypted link
between a Web server and a browser.
8.7 Self Assessment
1. State whether the following statements are true or false:
(a) Intranet facilitates users to search worldwide for information on any Web site.

(b) Home pages include a header at the top which represents the type of the site.
(c) White box testing is a testing strategy which requires a tester to know the internal design or
code.
(d) Dynamic content is nothing but graphics and text that varies depending on some
conditions.
(e) While testing the Web compatibility, one needs to decide the main browser and OS for
testing depending on the testing tools.
(f) A navigational map helps the user to go straight away to the information which they want.

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