Types of software testing

o User Interface Testing
o Functional Testing
o Non Functional Testing
o User support Testing

User interface testing

During this testing test engineers validates user interface of the application as following aspects:
o Look & Feel
o Easy to use
o Navigations & shortcut keys

Functional testing

o Object properties coverage
o Input domain Testing
o Database testing/Backend coverage
o Error Handling
o Calculations/Manipulations coverage
o Links Existence & Links Execution
o Cookies & Sessions

Non-Functional testing

o Performance Testing
o Load Testing
o Stress Testing
o Memory Testing
o Security Testing
o Recovery Testing
o Compatibility Testing
o Configuration Testing
o Installation Testing
o Sanitation Testing

User support testing

o During this testing test engineers validates whether the application provides help or not.
o This is also called as context sensitive help.