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Software Testing Overview & Techniques

Software testing is a process used to evaluate software and help ensure it meets requirements, responds correctly to various inputs, performs efficiently, and is usable as intended. It involves executing the software and checking that it satisfies criteria like functionality, reliability, usability and installability. As testing all possibilities is infeasible, strategies are used to select representative tests. Testing is iterative, with fixing one bug sometimes uncovering others, and can be done at different stages of software development. The goal is to provide objective information about software quality and failure risk.

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Software Testing Overview & Techniques

Software testing is a process used to evaluate software and help ensure it meets requirements, responds correctly to various inputs, performs efficiently, and is usable as intended. It involves executing the software and checking that it satisfies criteria like functionality, reliability, usability and installability. As testing all possibilities is infeasible, strategies are used to select representative tests. Testing is iterative, with fixing one bug sometimes uncovering others, and can be done at different stages of software development. The goal is to provide objective information about software quality and failure risk.

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Software testing is an investigation conducted to provide stakeholders with information about

the quality of the software product or service under test.[1] Software testing can also provide an objective,
independent view of the software to allow the business to appreciate and understand the risks of
software implementation. Test techniques include the process of executing a program or application with
the intent of finding software bugs (errors or other defects), and verifying that the software product is fit
for use.
Software testing involves the execution of a software component or system component to evaluate one
or more properties of interest. In general, these properties indicate the extent to which the component or
system under test:

 meets the requirements that guided its design and development,


 responds correctly to all kinds of inputs,
 performs its functions within an acceptable time,
 it is sufficiently usable,
 can be installed and run in its intended environments, and
 achieves the general result its stakeholders desire.
As the number of possible tests for even simple software components is practically infinite, all software
testing uses some strategy to select tests that are feasible for the available time and resources. As a
result, software testing typically (but not exclusively) attempts to execute a program or application with
the intent of finding software bugs (errors or other defects). The job of testing is an iterative process as
when one bug is fixed, it can illuminate other, deeper bugs, or can even create new ones.
Software testing can provide objective, independent information about the quality of software and risk of
its failure to users or sponsors.[1]
Software testing can be conducted as soon as executable software (even if partially complete) exists.
The overall approach to software development often determines when and how testing is conducted.
For example, in a phased process, most testing occurs after system requirements have been defined
and then implemented in testable programs. In contrast, under an agile approach, requirements,
programming, and testing are often done concurrently.

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