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How to test search functionality

Every web application by default will contain search feature in it. Many search engines’ main functionality is search feature. The parameters to be considered while developing this feature or testing this feature are not limited. There are many factors which should be looked in when checking the coverage and usability of the search text box in the application. Preparation before testing the search functionality 1.        Note down the valid input details for the search feature. 2.        Find out the minimum and maximum range. 3.        Find out the depth of the search – document search, word in a document, image search 4.        Should document search display the size of the document also? Similarly for image? 5.        Any advanced search features like document or image type selection to refine the search are available? 6.        General set of input which can be given are a.        A-Z b.       a-z c.        0-9 d.       {      [              (       

Estimation of the test effort

Estimation is the base step of any project. If it is not strong then the whole project and sometimes the client itself will be out of our hands. It is not an easy task and not a difficult one too. Not every estimation is successful. Too much of estimation will lose the client and less estimation will scare the employee. Balancing both and winning the project is what needs to be learned. Here are the factors which should be considered before making estimation 1.        Technical a.        Experience and Knowledge of test team in the technology which is used. b.       Type of application – web application, executable file, games or any other. c.        Technical dependencies (if development and testing team is not at one location). d.       Tools used and their flexibility 2.        Functional a.        Number of requirements free zed b.       Number of critical functionalities c.        Types of testing done – User interface testing, cross browser testing, localization testing and ma

Want to spell check and grammar check your complete web application

Excellent tool to check spelling errors, grammar and broken links in complete web application. If you want to crawl the entire web application and check for spelling mistakes, typo errors you  do not need to check each page manually. Let your application be multi-lingual web application, but it can check for the spellings. Here is a super tool for it      Inspyder Software Features at its best –         Check the spellings of the complete web application            Check the grammar mistakes of the complete web application            Check for the broken links            Lets you select any language as the dictionary against which spellings are compared.            Provides you to create a custom dictionary which contains a set of words which are not actually spelling mistakes in your application.            Provides good report based on your preferences. Check the site http://www.inspyder.com for more features and tools of it.