Website Application Testing Procedures

How to test software

1) Functionality Testing
     a) Identification of requirement and goals
     b) Input data based on functional specification
     c) Output correct based on functional specification
     d) Execution of test case
     e) Compare actual to expected output       

2) Non-functional Testing
      a) Baseline Testing
            Has performance increased
      b) Compatibility Testing
            Cross Browser, Printer, Mobile, databases, servers
      c) Compliance (Conformance) Testing
            Sometimes 3 party testing for certification or standards to meet Quality of Service (QoS)
      d) Documentation Testing
            Is written material readable and usable, with proper spelling and grammer?
      e) Endurance (Soak)Testing
            Testing with significant load for significant amount of time
      f) Interface Testing
           Error Handling, Connections
       g) Load Testing
             Testing large demand on the software in peak load conditions
      h) Localization Testing
            Will the application work in required cultures and locale?
      i) Performance Testing  
           Load Testing, Stress Testing, Endurance Testing, Sniff Test, Smoke Test
      j) Recovery Testing
           How does the softwear recover from crashes, hardware and, services,  failures? Failsafe
      k) Security Testing
           Spam, Hacking, URLs, Scripting attacks
      l) Scalability Testing  
           Grow to meet needs 
      a) Usability testing
            Navigation, Content, blackbox, steps, user accuracy, recall, response