Why Must Links be Carefully Checked During Functional Testing of Web Software?

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Why to Check Links During Functional Testing of
Web Software?
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Why to Check Links?
Specialists in web site testing, desktop testing
and mobile application testing know that every
type of software products has its specific
functional characteristics.
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Why to Check Links?
Among compulsory elements of any web site or
application are links. They help the users to
quickly find the required information,
considerably improve user experience and are an
important part of web software functionality.
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Why to Check Links?
All the links must correctly open and lead to the
required pages and resources. That is why links
verification is always included in functional
testing of web software.
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Why to Check Links?
It takes much time and effort to check every link
on the site manually, automated testing is
usually used for this purpose. A lot of free and
commercial tools have been created for automatic
link checking.
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As a Rule, There are Such Links on a Web Site
Outgoing links they lead on some outer resources.
Internal links they lead on other pages of the
same site.
Navigation links they lead to the paragraph or
object on the same page.
Links for sending e-mails to the site owners,
help desk, etc.
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Why to Check Links?
Carrying out web software testing one should
check whether there are no orphan pages, broken
links, links leading to the wrong pages or
resources that do not exist.
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Thank You for Your Attention!
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