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Software Testing
Software testing is the process of evaluating and verifying that a software product or application does what it is supposed to do. The benefits of testing include preventing bugs, reducing development costs and improving performance.
Test techniques include, but not necessarily limited to:
- analyzing the product requirements for completeness and correctness in various contexts like industry perspective, business perspective, feasibility and viability of implementation, usability, performance, security, infrastructure considerations, etc.
- reviewing the product architecture and the overall design of the product
- working with product developers on improvement in coding techniques, design patterns, tests that can be written as part of code based on various techniques like boundary conditions, etc.
- executing a program or application with the intent of examining behavior
- reviewing the deployment infrastructure and associated scripts and automation
- take part in production activities by using monitoring and observability techniques
Manual Testing is a process in which you compare the behavior of a developed piece of code (software, module, API, feature, etc.) against the expected behavior (Requirements). Manual testing is the one in which application testing happens manually. The test cases/scenarios are executed one by one by Testers (professional involved in software testing) manually without using any readymade tools, and then the results are verified.
Features:
- Manual testing of an application identifies most of the issues, including the look and feel issues of the application.
- Visual components like text, layout, other components can easily be accessed by the tester, and UI and UX issues can be detected.
- It usually has a low cost of operation as we do not use any tools or high-level skills.
- Humans can observe, judge, and also provide intuition in case of manual tests, and this is useful when it comes to user-friendliness or rich customer experience.
Selenium is one of the most popular software testing tools. It specifically designed to support Automation Testing of functional aspects of web based applications, wide range of platforms and browsers.
Features:
- It is one of the best tools which offers the support for parallel test execution that reduce the time taken in executing parallel tests.
- Selenium needs very lesser resources when compared to other manual testing tools.
- Test cases prepared using this testing tool can be executed on any OS
- It supports the many known programming languages like Java, Python, C#, Perl, PHP, and JavaScript.
UFT stands for Unified Functional Testing. It was earlier known as QTP (Quickest Professional). UFT One is one of the most widely used commercial automation testing tools in the market today. It is known for its ease of use and support by the vendor and large community of automation testers. Due to this reason, skilled UFT One professional are always in demand.
Features:
- QTP is one of the software testing tools that allows beginner testers to learn this tool in the few minutes.
- The tool is very easy to understand. It presents a test case in a simple workflow to the tester.
• The tool allows complete validation of applications through a full complement of checkpoint
JMeter is one of the open source testing tools for load testing. It is a Java desktop application, designed to load test functional behavior and measure performance of websites. The tool was developed for the purpose of load testing web applications, but it is now expanded to other test functions.
Features:
- JMeter allows performing load and performance test for various server types.
- This load testing tool store its test plans in XML format which allows users to generate the test plan using a text editor.
• It is one of the manual testing tools that can be also used to perform automated and functional testing of the applications.
Bugzilla is one of the best defect Tracking System. The tool allows individual or groups of developers to keep track of outstanding bugs in their system. It is the best open source software used in the market by small scale as well as large- scale organizations.
Features:
- Optimized database structure to enhance performance and scalability
- Advanced query tool that remembers customized searches of the user
- Editable user profiles and comprehensive email preferences
- Extension Mechanism for Highly Customizable Installations





