Software Engineering

Introduction
Software Testing
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 Outlines
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Software Testing Introduction,
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What is testing?
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Importance of testing
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Testing terminologies
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Principles of software testing,
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Differences between Manual and Automation
Testing.

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 Software Testing
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Software testing is defined as an activity to
check whether the actual results match the
expected results and to ensure that the software
system is Defect free.
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Software testing also helps to identify errors,
gaps or missing requirements in contrary to the
actual requirements.
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It can be either done manually or using
automated tools

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Purpose
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Software testing is required to check the reliability of the software
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Software testing ensures that the system is free from any bug that can
cause any kind of failure
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Software testing ensures that the product is in line with the requirement of
the client
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It is required to make sure that the final product is user friendly
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At the end software is developed by a team of human developers all having
different viewpoints and approach.
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Even the smartest person has the tendency to make an error. It is not
possible to create software with zero defects without incorporating software
testing in the development cycle.
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No matter how well the software design looks on paper, once the
development starts and you start testing the product you will definitely find
lots of defects in the design.

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Out put of testing

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V&V

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Who?

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Testing Mechanism

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Myths of testing
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Myth: Anyone can do manual testing
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Fact: Testing requires many skill sets
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Myth: Testing ensures 100% Defect free product
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Fact: Testing attempts to find as many defects as possible.
Identifying all possible defects is impossible.
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Myth: Automated testing is more powerful than manual testing
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Fact: 100% test automation cannot be done. Manual Testing is
also essential.
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Myth: Testing is easy
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Fact: Testing can be extremely challenging. Testing an application
for possible use cases with minimum test cases requires high
analytical skills.

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7-Principles of software testing
#1) Testing Shows the Presence of Defects
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In the software testing industry, no one will say that there is no
defect in the software, which is quite true as testing cannot prove that
the software is error-free or defect-free.

#2) Early Testing

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Testers need to get involved at an early stage of the Software
Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

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Cost required for fixing a defect found during the Requirement Analysis
is less and it goes on increasing as we move towards the Testing or
the Maintenance phase.

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7-Principles of software testing
#3) Exhaustive Testing is Not Possible
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It is not possible to test all the functionalities with all valid and invalid
combinations of input data during actual testing. Instead of this
approach, testing of a few combinations is considered based on priority
using different techniques.
#4) Testing is Context-Dependent
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Different domains are tested differently, thus testing is purely based on
the context of the domain or application.
#5) Defect Clustering
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During testing, it may happen that most of the defects found are
related to a small number of modules.

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7-Principles of software testing
#6) Pesticide Paradox
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Pesticide Paradox principle says that if the same set of test cases are
executed again and again over the period of time then these set of tests
are not capable enough to identify new defects in the system.
#7) Absence of Error
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If the software is tested fully and if no defects are found before
release, then we can say that the software is 99% defect free. But what
if this software is tested against wrong requirements? In such cases,
even finding defects and fixing them on time would not help as testing
is performed on wrong requirements which are not as per needs of the
end user.

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Categories Of Testing
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Manual Testing
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Manual testing is testing of the software where tests are
executed manually by a QA Analysts. It is performed to
discover bugs in software under development.
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In Manual testing, the tester checks all the essential
features of the given application or software.
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In this process, the software testers execute the test
cases and generate the test reports without the help of
any automation software testing tools.

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Categories Of Testing
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Automation Testing
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In Automated Software Testing, testers write code/test scripts to
automate test execution. Testers use appropriate automation tools
to develop the test scripts and validate the software.
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The goal is to complete test execution in a less amount of time.
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Automated testing entirely relies on the pre-scripted test which runs
automatically to compare actual result with the expected results.
This helps the tester to determine whether or not an application
performs as expected.

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Manual VS Automated Testing

Manual Testing Automated Testing

•Manual testing is not accurate at all times •Automated testing is more reliable, as it is
due to human error, hence it is less reliable. performed by tools and/or scripts.

•Automated testing is executed by software

•Manual testing is time-consuming, taking up
tools, so it is significantly faster than a
human resources.
manual approach.

•Investment is required for human resources. •Investment is required for testing tools.

•Manual testing is only practical when the •Automated testing is a practical option when
test cases are run once or twice, and the test cases are run repeatedly over a long
frequent repetition is not required. time period.

•Manual testing allows for human

•Automated testing does not entail human
observation, which may be more useful if
observation and cannot guarantee user-
the goal is user-friendliness or improved
friendliness or positive customer experience.
customer experience.

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TESTING TERMINOLOGY
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Definitions Errors, Faults and Failures
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An error is a human action that produces an incorrect result. A fault is a manifestation of an
error in software. Faults are also known colloquially as defaults or bugs. A fault, if
encountered, may cause a fault, which is a deviation of the software from its existing delivery
or service.
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Reliability
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Reliability is the probability that software will not cause the failure of a system for a specified
time under specified conditions. Measures of reliability include MTBF (mean time between
failure), MTTF (mean time to failure) as well as service level agreements and other
mechanisms.

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TESTING TERMINOLOGY
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Errors and how they occur
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Why do we make errors that cause faults in computer software
leading to potential failure of our systems? Well, firstly we are all
prone to making simple human errors. This is an unavoidable fact
of life. However, this is compounded by the fact that we all operate
under real world pressures such as tight deadlines, budget
restrictions, conflicting priorities and so on.

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Testing VS Debugging
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Testing:
Testing is the process of verifying and validating that a software or
application is bug free, meets the technical requirements as guided by its
design and development and meets the user requirements effectively and
efficiently with handling all the exceptional and boundary cases.

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Debugging:
Debugging is the process of fixing a bug in the software. It can defined as
the identifying, analyzing and removing errors.
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This activity begins after the software fails to execute properly and
concludes by solving the problem and successfully testing the software.
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It is considered to be an extremely complex and tedious task because
errors need to be resolved at all stages of debugging.

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 Testing VS Debugging
TESTING DEBUGGING
Testing is the process to find bugs and Debugging is the process to correct the
errors. bugs found during testing.
It is the process to identify the failure of It is the process to give the absolution to
implemented code. code failure.
Testing is the display of errors. Debugging is a deductive process.
Debugging is done by either programmer
Testing is done by the tester.
or developer.
There is no need of design knowledge in Debugging can’t be done without proper
the testing process. design knowledge.
Testing can be done by insider as well as Debugging is done only by insider.
outsider. Outsider can’t do debugging.
Debugging is always manual. Debugging
Testing can be manual or automated.
can’t be automated.
It is based on different testing levels i.e.
Debugging is based on different types of
unit testing, integration testing, system
bugs.
testing etc.
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