Software Testing
Published: 2024-04-30 12:51:35

What is Software testing?

Software testing is the process of testing the software products/application from different aspects to make sure the product/application is bug free and making it easy to use for the end user/client.
it’s an integral part of planning and development.
What we need to know about Software Testing?

- Software testing is to check whether the product/application perform as per requirement and making it easy to use for end user/client.

- It will remove all the bugs or minimize the bugs to make sure the application functions properly as expected.

- It makes sure there is no external threats for the application.
There are two types of testing.

Functional Testing:

Functional testing is to validate the projects usefulness regards to its specification. And test the functionality of the application.

- Unit Testing - It test the individual unit of the code and make sure each component works. Tester can work along with developer and test the code as and when a unit of code is created. Or the developer themselves will do the unit testing.

- API Testing – It test the link between the application and the external source.

- User interface Testing (UI) – It test the front-end application like screen, buttons etc whether it is working perfectly or not.

- Integration Testing – It test the components/units together as a group or modules, to check if components work together as a group.

- Regression Testing – It re-test the application to make sure it works perfectly if there is an update in the software (version update, code change etc…) along with new update. According to the project size the re-testing will happen in a high level or in-depth.

Non-Functional testing/Performance testing:

Non-Functional testing is to test the performance of the project. And make the project ready to use in the market.

- Volume Testing – It test how much volume of data that application can handle. Because in real time any application should handle loads of data and this volume test will make sure that the application is ready to handle that traffic.

- Security Testing – It test the authentication, authorization and confidentiality of the data in the application. It makes sure there is no threat for the application. It is based on cyber-security.
What is the relevance of Software Testing?

- It fixes the code before the project is released, which improves the quality of the project. 

- Software testing can be conducted during the development phase itself so that defects will be identified in development process which makes it easier and less expensive to fix, also reduces the risk associated with it. Or it can be tested once the entire product/application is built starting with UI testing.

- This testing will be carried out until all the aspect is tested and the application is bugs free and product is successfully released.

There are two methods to do software testing:

1. Manual Testing – Testing will be carried out manually by the tester to check the application features.

2. Automation Testing. – Testing will be carried out by automation tools, here tester need to know about the automation tools to perform the testing.