Testing user interface for web application is slightly different from testing user interface of traditional applications. Irrespective of the web application there are certain things which should be tested for every web application. Following checklist will give some information on items that should be tested to ensure quality of the user interface of your web application.

Crating checklists for performance & security is extremely important. This checklist helps in better definition of performance and security requirement. In the absence of properly defined performance & security testing requirements, teams can spend great deal time in things which probably does not matter much.

Purpose of this GUI Testing Checklist is to help you understand how your application can be tested according to the known and understood standards for GUI. This checklist can give some guidance to the development and QE, both the teams. Development team can make sure that during the development they follow guidelines related to the compliance, aesthetics, navigation etc. but onus of testing GUI is on the QE team and as a tester it is your responsibility to validate your product against GUI standards followed by your organization.

It is a well established fact that early involvement of testers during the software development life cycle brings immense value to the project. Participation of the testers during the requirement phase helps in identifying and correcting defects in the requirements.

As a tester if you are involved in the requirement phase you need to know , what attributes you should be looking for in the requirements? How can you ensure quality of the requirements? Following checklist gives you information about the attributes which should be tested for every requirement. These are just a subset of attributes that as a tester you will be interested in.