Software Testing Guide

Conventional Testing is done by Test Engineers to check whether the developed application is working fine as per the requirements. Unconve...

Agile Testing is a testing practice done from the customer perspective, it doesn’t follow test procedures and the delivery would happen as ...

CVS is Concurrent Versioning System which is a version control system, where the history of sources files can be recorded. The main advant...

User Interface Defects – Low Boundary Related Defects – Medium Error Handling Defects – Medium Calculation Defects – High Interpreting Data ...

Bucket Testing (also known as A/B Testing) is mostly used to study the impact of various product designs in website metrics, two simultaneo...

The Entry Criteria is the process that must be present when a system begins, like, SRS – Software FRS Usecase Test Case Test Plan The Exit ...

Concurrency Testing (also commonly known as Multi User Testing ) is used to know the effects of accessing the Application, Code Module or D...

The Functional Requirement specifies how the system or application SHOULD DO where in Non – Functional Requirement it specifies how the syst...

Statement Coverage or Code Coverage or Line Coverage is a metric used in White Box Testing where we can identify the statements executed and...

Branch Coverage or Decision Coverage metric is used to check the volume of testing done in all components. This process is used to ensure wh...

High level Test cases are those which covers major functionality in the application (i.e. retrieve, update display, cancel (functionality re...

Localization is the process of changing or modifying an application to a particular culture or locale. This includes change in user interfac...

In Software Testing, Risk Analysis is the process of identifying risks in applications and prioritizing them to test. In Software Testing s...

In Two Tier Architecture or Client/Server Architecture two layers like Client and Server is involved. The Client sends request to Server and...

Static Testing Static Testing is a White Box testing technique where the developers verify or test their code with the help of checklist to ...

Use Case Diagrams is an overview graphical representation of the functionality in a system. It is used in the analysis phase of a project to...

Web Application Testing is done on a website to check its load, performance, Security, Functionality, Interface, compatibility and other us...

The terms Priority and Severity are used in Bug Tracking to share the importance of a bug among the team and to fix it. Severity 1. The Se...

Unit Testing Unit Testing is done to check whether the individual modules of the source code is working properly. i.e Testing each and every...

Alpha Testing Alpha Testing is mostly like performing usability testing which is done by the in-house developers who developed the software ...

Security testing can be performed in many ways like, · Black Box Level · White Box Level · Database Level Black Box Level · Session Hijacki...

IEEE 829 Standard is used for Software Test Documentation , where it specifies format for the set of documents to be used in the diff...

Test Harness is configuring a set of tools and test data to test an application in various conditions, which involves monitoring the output...

SEI refers to Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh , it helps to improve software development process...

Scalability Testing is used to check whether the functionality and performance of a system are capable to meet the volume and size change as...

Test Plan: Test Plan is a document with information on Scope of the project, Approach, Schedule of testing activities, Resources or Manpower...

The major activities in Database testing includes, Checking the Data Validity Checking the Data Integrity Checking the Performance related t...

Fuzz testing is a Black box testing technique which uses random bad data to attack a program and see what breaks in the application. Fuzz te...

It is an alternative form of Testing, where some colleagues were invited to examine your work products for defects and improvement opportuni...

Compatibility testing is to evaluate the application compatibility with the computing environment like Operating System, Database, Browser c...

Traceability Matrix is a document used for tracking the requirement, Test cases and the defect. This document is prepared to make the client...

Load Testing and Performance Testing are commonly said as positive testing where as Stress Testing is said to be as negative testing. Say fo...

Boundary value testing is a technique to find whether the application is accepting the expected range of values and rejecting the values wh...

It is a process used to look out whether the security features of a system are implemented as designed and also whether they are adequate fo...

Installation testing is done to verify whether the hardware and software are installed and configured properly. This will ensure that all t...

AUT is nothing but "Application Under Test". After the designing and coding phase in Software development life cycle, the applica...

Defect leakage occurs at the Customer or the End user side after the application delivery. After the release of the application to the clien...

· Project · Subject · Description · Summary · Detected By (Name of the Tester) · Assigned To (Name of the Developer who is supposed to the B...

Bug life cycle is nothing but the various phases a bug undergoes after it is raised or reported. The different phases of Bug life cycle are,...

Error Guessing is a test case design technique where the tester has to guess what faults might occur and to design the tests to represent t...

Bug : It is found in the development environment before the product is shipped to the respective customer. Error : It is the Deviation fr...

Test Bed is an execution environment configured for software testing. It consists of specific hardware, network topology, Operating System,...

Negative Testing - Testing the system using negative data is called negative testing, e.g. testing the password where it should be minimum ...

SDLC · Requirement phase · Designing phase (HLD, DLD (Program spec)) · Coding · Testing · Relea...

Ad hoc testing is concern with the Application Testing without following any rules or test cases. For Ad hoc testing one should have strong...

Bottom-up approach : In this approach testing is conducted from sub module to main module, if the main module is not developed a temporary ...

Structural testing is a "white box" testing and it is based on the algorithm or code. Functional testing is a "black box...

Re- test - Retesting means we testing only the certain part of an application again and not considering how it will effect in the other part...

UAT Testing - UAT stands for 'User acceptance Testing. This testing is carried out with the user perspective and it is usually done bef...

· Basic requirements - clear, detailed, complete, achievable, testable requirements has to be developed. Use some prototypes to help pin do...