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Software testing is the process used to measure the quality of developed software.
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Keyword-driven testing, also known as table-driven testing or action-word testing, is a software testing methodology for automated testing that separates the test creation process into two distinct stages: a Planning Stage, and an Implementation Stage. ...More
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While Grace Hopper was working on the Harvard Mark II Computer at Harvard University, her associates discovered a moth stuck in a relay and thereby impeding operation, whereupon she remarked that they were "debugging" the system. Though the term computer bug cannot be definitively attributed to Admiral Hopper, she did bring the term into popularity. The remains of the moth can be found in the group's log book at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C..[1]
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Fuzz testing or 'fuzzing' is a software testing technique that provides random data ("fuzz") to the inputs of a program. If the program fails, the defects can be noted. The great advantage of fuzz testing is that the test design is extremely simple, and free of preconceptions about system behavior. Fuzz testing is a very simple procedure to implement: Prepare a correct file to input to your program. Replace some part of the file with random data. Open the file with the program. See what breaks.
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- "Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of intelligent effort." -- John Ruskin
- "Program testing can be a very effective way to show the presence of bugs, but it is hopelessly inadequate for showing their absence." -- Edsger Dijkstra
- "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth
- "Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow." -- Linus's Law according to Eric S. Raymond
- "If it ain't broke, you are not trying hard enough."
- "Quality is free, but only to those who are willing to pay heavily for it."
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- Test Process : Behavior driven development, ISO 9000, ISO 9126, CMM, Static code analysis, Lightweight Software Test Automation, Debugging, Mutation analysis, Equivalence Partitioning, Quality control, Software quality, Software testing, Performance engineering, Formal verification, Risk-based Testing, Fault injection, Fagan inspection, Reliability engineering, Software Quality Assurance, Software inspection, Dynamic program analysis, Symbolic computation, Extreme quality assurance, Test automation, Computerized system validation, Testing Web Sites, Testathon, Quality audit
- Test levels : Component or Unit testing, Integration testing, Component integration testing, Acceptance testing, System testing
- Test types : Ad hoc testing, Alpha Testing, All-pairs testing, Beta Testing, Black box testing, Boundary testing, Boundary Value Analysis, Build Verification Test, Code coverage, Compatibility testing, Conformance testing, Combinadic, Exploratory testing, Fuzz testing, GUI software testing, Game testing, Hallway testing, Installation testing, Keyword-driven testing, Load testing, Localization testing, Mobile Device Testing, Monkey test, Manual testing, Model-based testing, Playtest, Pseudolocalization, QuickCheck, Regression testing, Recovery testing, Sanity testing, Scenario testing, Soak testing, Software performance testing, Software verification, Smoke testing, Stress testing, Static testing, Session-based testing, Usability testing, White box testing
- Famous bugs : List of software bugs
- People : Charles E. Brady, Jr., Kenneth D. Cameron, Patrick G. Forrester, Erich Gamma, Charles D. Gemar, Brent Hailpern, Steven Hawley, Cem Kaner, Adam Kolawa, James D. McCaffrey, Brian Marick, Harlan Mills, Stephen S. Oswald, Gene Spafford
- Companies : AutomatedQA, CTG, Compuware, IBM, Lionbridge, Hewlett Packard HP Software Division, Micro Focus, Microsoft, National Software Testing Laboratories, Segue Software, uTest
- Test management : Test strategy, Test Plan, Test effort, Test Data Generation
- Tools (commercial): AdaTEST95, Automation Anywhere, Cantata++, CAST tool, Coverity, Goanna, IBM OLIVER (CICS interactive test/debug), Insure++, Jinx, Jtest, LDRA Testbed, HP LoadRunner, HP Quality Center, Microsoft Test Professional, Microsoft Visual Studio Ultimate, QF-Test, Polyspace, Ranorex, SilkTest, SIMMON, TestComplete, TestPartner, Testware, Time Partition Testing, TOSCA, HP WinRunner
- Tools (free/open source): AutoIt, CFUnit, Check, CPPUnit, Curl-loader, DUnit, Fastest, FindBugs, FitNesse, Framework for Integrated Test, FUnit, HTTP Test Tool, HttpUnit, Apache JMeter, JSystem, JUnit, PHPUnit, Litmus (Mozilla), Mauve (test suite), NUnit, PyUnit, RSpec, Selenium, SimpleTest, soapUI, Splint, STAF, TestNG, Watir, WET Web Tester, xUnit
- Tools (other) Category:Emulation software, LURCH, Test Automation Framework, Virtual appliance
- Certification : British Computer Society, National Software Testing Laboratories, ISTQB, CSTE
- Membership associations : Software Engineering Institute, Association for Software Testing, American Society for Quality
- Software standards : IEEE 829, TTCN
- Terminology : Software bug, Anomaly in software, Test case, Test suite, Test script, Unusual software bug, System under test, Mock object, Test harness, Test data, Testbed, Test bench, Debugger, Boundary case, Verification and Validation, test plan, Test Anything Protocol, Zarro boogs, Thrash (computer science), Memory debugger, Xqa,
- Miscellaneous : Software testing outsourcing, Software metric, List of unit testing frameworks
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