Testing Types   Functionality Testing:   During unit testing each component or object is tested for completeness and correctness of implementation of a specific feature of functionality. In integration... Read More

The various types of tests that one can apply to web application testing are:   ·        Unit Testing - testing of the individual modules and pages that make up the... Read More

Black-box methods based on the nature of the relationships (links) among the program objects (nodes), test cases are designed to traverse the entire graph Transaction flow testing (nodes represent steps... Read More

  An easy way to start up a debate in a software testing forum is to ask the difference between black box and white box testing. These terms are commonly used, yet everyone seems to have a different idea of what... Read More

Graph-based Testing Methods  Equivalence Partition Boundary Value Analysis Orthogonal Array Testing ... Read More

Forces test developer to reason carefully about implementation Approximate the partitioning done by execution equivalence Reveals errors in "hidden" code Beneficent side-effects Read More

Types and Levels of Testing in Programming Testing is an important step in software development life cycle. The process of testing takes place at various stages of development in programming. This is a vital step in development... Read More

A typical rollout of a product is shown in figure 1 below. Read More

Initiate a strategic initiative to build quality throughout the life cycle of a software product or service. Provide a complementary function to black box testing. Perform complete coverage at the component level. ... Read More

Black-box technique that focuses on the boundaries of the input domain rather than its center ·         BVA guidelines: 1.    ... Read More

Black-box testing for safety critical systems in which independently developed implementations of redundant systems are tested for conformance to specifications Often equivalence class partitioning is... Read More

Expensive Cases omitted in the code could be missed out. Read More

Glass Box testing Structural testing Clear Box testing Open Box Testing Read More

More effective on larger units of code than glass box testing Tester needs no knowledge of implementation, including specific programming languages Tester and programmer are independent of each ... Read More

 Basis Path Testing A testing mechanism proposed by McCabe whose aim is to derive a logical complexity measure of a procedural design and use this as a  guide for defining a basic set of execution... Read More

  Systems that employ transaction, local or distributed, may be validated to ensure that ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability). Each of the individual parameters is tested individually against a... Read More

Black box testing should make use of randomly generated inputs (only a test range should be specified by the tester), to eliminate any guess work by the tester as to the methods of the function  ... Read More

Black-box technique that divides the input domain into classes of data from which test cases can be derived An ideal test case uncovers a class of errors that might require many arbitrary test cases to... Read More

Graphical user interfaces Client/server architectures Documentation and help facilities Real-time systems 1.      Task testing (test each time dependent task... Read More

  DbC is a formal way of using comments to incorporate specification information into the code itself. Basically, the code specification is expressed unambiguously using a formal language that describes the code&... Read More

 Conditions Testing Condition testing aims to exercise all logical conditions in a program module. They may define: ·        Relational expression: (E1 op... Read More

Black-box technique that enables the design of a reasonably small set of test cases that provide maximum test coverage Focus is on categories of faulty logic likely to be present in the software... Read More

Only a small number of possible inputs can actually be tested, to test every possible input stream would take nearly forever Without clear and concise specifications, test cases are hard to design ... Read More

  Profiling provides a framework for analyzing Java code performance for speed and heap memory use.  It identifies routines that are consuming the majority of the CPU time so that problems may be tracked down... Read More

  Exception and error handling is checked thoroughly are simulating partial and complete fail-over by operating on error causing test vectors. Proper error recovery, notification and logging are checked against... Read More

This section outlines some of the general practices comprising white-box testing process. In general, white-box testing practices have the following considerations: The allocation of resources to perform class and method... Read More