What is software Testing? A basic to start with:
Software testing is the process used to help identify the correctness, completeness, security, and quality of developed computer software.
Testing is a process of technical investigation,
performed on behalf of stakeholders, that is intended to reveal
quality-related information about the product with respect to the
context in which it is intended to operate.
This includes, but is not limited to, the process of executing a program or application with the intent of finding errors.
Quality is not an absolute; it is value to some person. With that in
mind, testing can never completely establish the correctness of
arbitrary computer software; testing furnishes a criticism or comparison
that compares the state and behaviour of the product against a
specification. An important point is that software testing should be
distinguished from the separate discipline of software quality assurance, which encompasses all business process areas, not just testing.
There are many approaches to software testing,
but effective testing of complex products is essentially a process of
investigation, not merely a matter of creating and following routine
procedure. One definition of testing is “the process of questioning a
product in order to evaluate it”, where the “questions” are operations
the tester attempts to execute with the product, and the product answers
with its behavior in reaction to the probing of the tester.
Although most of the intellectual processes of testing are nearly
identical to that of review or inspection, the word testing is connoted
to mean the dynamic analysis of the product—putting the product through
its paces. The quality of the application can, and normally does, vary
widely from system to system but some of the common quality attributes
include capability, reliability, efficiency, portability, maintainability, compatibility and usability.
A good test is sometimes described as one which reveals an error;
however, more recent thinking suggests that a good test is one which
reveals information of interest to someone who matters within the
project community.
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