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Frequently Asked Questions About Software Testing In this article we are going to review the main peculiarities of different testing activities in software testing company . The principal questions about software testing are associated with the objects to be tested, prospects and opinions used in software testing , managing and organization of software testing activities.
What is the main object of software testing? The basic types of objects being tested are software programs or program code. The latter is the main focus of software testing techniques and activities.
What has to be tested and what types of bugs have to be found? Black-box (functional) testing checks the correctness of the external functioning provided or maintained by the software or if the current behavior meets the users’ expectations and satisfies the product specification. White-box (structural) testing checks the correctness of internal structures implementation and connections between them. In the process of black-box software testing , errors connected with certain external functions can be noticed, leading to corresponding bugs being identified and eliminated. The main purpose of the whole black-box software testing activity is to decrease the possibility of functional problems discovering by the customers.
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In the process of white-box software testing , faults connected with the implementation of internal components can be noticed, leading to corresponding bugs being identified and eliminated. The main purpose of white-box software testing is to reduce the quantity of internal problems in order to lessen the possibility of errors emerging because of the application environment type the software is subjected to.
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