Software Testing

Mar

2018

What is Client Server Testing

As per client requirement software can be designed and build in desktop application, mobile application and web based application. This article focuses on what is Client Server Testing, application, work and execution and testing approaches used.

Applications are broadly divided into two types during the designing and building for interaction:

2 Tier applications

3 Tier applications

Client server testing usually done for 2 Tier applications which is mostly developed for LAN. This application will be having front-end and back-end in the form of forms, reports and database server.
Forms & reports at front-end for monitoring, manipulations and fetch data [using various languages like vb, vc++, core java, c, c++, power builder etc.,] and database server at the backend for data storage & retrieval [using ms access, sql server, Oracle, sybase, mysql, quadbase etc.]

Client server applications run on two or more machines which can be accessed by limited number of users

In Client Server application there are limited users and the application user are already known before. They might have a username/ password to access the application.

It is menu driven which is in connected mode (connection exists always until logout) Client server testing has less number of network issues when compared to web app

It required knowledge on networking and server location. System is installed on the server and an executable file in run on the systems / client machines in intranet

Client Server side testing test the application GUI on both the systems (server and client), we check the functionality, load, database and the interaction between client and server.

In this testing test cases and test scenarios for this type of testing are derived from the requirements and experience.

Following are the tests performed on client server type application:-

1) User interface testing

2) Manual testing

3) Functionality testing

4) Compatibility testing

5) Configuration testing

6) Interoperability testing

Dec

2017

Scope and Purpose of Software Testing

Software testing is a process of evaluation of functional and non-functional requirement against the user specifications. Testing is integral part of quality and most important activity in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Manual and Automation testing is a good way to start career in software testing. Main scope and purpose of software testing is evaluating the quality related aspect of an application and to verify its behavior in different environment of the system.

Software testing scope and job becomes very promising as Digital World progresses from building website to mobile apps to wearable apps and very soon it moves toward Virtual Reality Apps. Objectives and principle of software testing scope

Defining the testing scope and purpose will be essential to keeping team and team work on right track. It always helpful to identify difference between expected and actual result.

Testers need to be very organized, logical, careful, analytical, determinant and patient during testing and building quality product and meeting user specification.

Scope of Software Testing:-

– IT is process of determining all features and functionality

– In Test planning phase

– Clear user specification to understand what need to be tested and not

– Customer satisfaction and recognition

– Build product quality

Scope of the testing can be defined based on:-

1] Understand what features are being tested

2] Where need to be changed

3] Make it clear

Purpose of Software Testing:-

Main purpose of software testing is to increase product and project quality. Testing used to discover and fix the bugs as early as possible. Purpose of testing is:-

– Measure quality of the software

– Discover and fix defect (Reduce number of defects / bugs)

– Verify and validate all user specified requirement

– Identify difference between expected and actual results

– Ensures meeting of Business Requirement Specification (BRS) and Software Requirement Specification (SRS)

– Determine test coverage

Sep

2017

Automation of Test Execution

Test Automation testing is a testing technique which is used to implement / automate process of a manual testing and entire life cycle of the software in minimum time. Automation of test execution provides efficiency and effectiveness to the testing software and develops software value.

Execution can be performed using the automation tool directly or through the Test Management tool which will invoke the automation tool.

To automate test execution testers need to write a suitable script by own to test software and execute test case suits with the help of tool (It means without any manual involvement)

As per the written script automation software can enter test data into the system under test, compare expected and actual result and generate detailed test report.

Once the test suite automated, no human intervention is required. Also it is possible to record this test suite and replay it when it is required.

Automation of test is used to reduce the number of test cases to be run manually and not eliminate manual testing all together.

Manual Test cases for login: –

Test Case ID	Precondition	Test Case Description	Test Case Procedure	Test Case Data	Expected Result	Actual Result	Status	Priority
Login001	Internet should be on	Open Login Windows From Home Page	Click on Login Button	Enter URL	Login window should be open	Login window Open	Pass
Login002	User name should be available	Check User Field In Login Window	Enter User Name	User Name =kaps	User Name should be accepted and focus should be shifted to password field	User Name Accepted	Pass
Login003	Password should be available	Check Password Field in Login Window	Enter Password	Password=12345	Password Should Be accepted	Password Accepted	Pass
ES Login004	Enter valid user name and password	Open Logged In User Profile	Click on login Button	Click on login button	User Profile Page should be open	User Profile Page Opened	Pass

Above manual test cases can be automate with the help of script. It is done with the help of following process

Choose the appropriate tool for the test automation

Identify areas within software to automate

Write test script

Develop test suite

Execute test script

Build result report

When to automate an application: –
Test suite can be automate based on following scenario of the software

Business critical test cases (High risk)

Requirement do not change frequently

Test cases that are executed repeatedly

Test cases that complicated and difficult to perform manually

Time consuming test cases

When not to automate an application: –

Test cases that are newly designed and not executed manually at least once

Frequently changing requirement

Executed on ad-hoc basis

Benefits of Automation of Test Execution: –

It is faster than manual

Increase productivity

Wider test coverage

Save time and cost

No human intervention is required

Reusable test script

Increase efficiency

Reduce repetitive wok

More cycle of execution can be done when it is required

Early time to market

Jul

2017

Types of Bugs affects on Software Quality

“A mistakes or errors in programming by programmer is called as error or mistakes, error or mistakes will found by tester during the testing is called as defect, defect accepted by programmer called as bug and because of bug system fails to do what it should to do (not perform intended functions) is called as failure.”

The failures of software products because of various types bugs which may affect software quality. Here are some of them.

1] Functionality bug-:
Software has functionality error if something that you expect it to do is improper or improper system behavior

2] Communication error-:
The errors occur in communication from software to end-user. It occurs when end used is confused or order to use the software (detailed flow) is not available on screen

3] Missing command-:
Missing command bug found when some expected commands are omitted in the system.

Example-: No option to come back (back button), when user want to visit back or previous page.

4] Syntactic error-:

It refers any error occurs in the code during compile and it is misspelled or grammatically incorrect sentence during GUI testing.

5] Error handling-:

System gives error message while user interacting with system. It needs to be handled with an error message by checking what system needs to be done and what it does not with compulsory field, misfield, page loading etc.

6] Calculations error-:

Calculation errors occur due to following reason:-
1] Coding error
2] Bad logic
3] Incorrect formula
4] Function call issue etc.

7] Control flow error-;

It describes what it will do next and on what condition.

Jun

2017

Latest Emerging Trends in Software Testing

Software companies are coping up with more and more overwhelming evolution of automation in industry. Software designing, development and testing fields are running hands in hand. To cope up with this rapid changes / evolution there are some latest emerging trends in software testing to test the designed and developed software.

Each and every one individual wants to build best and quality product as early as possible. Time and quality plays vital role in shifting the landscape of software testing market

Following are the latest emerging trends in software testing-:

1] Featured Open Source Tool:-

Coming era will come to see a lot of open source tools. Support / testing team can help to open source tool to become more and more involve and active.

2] Quality and Performance:-

Building quality and performance always act as a major judging factor to deliver in market for the end user.

3] New Digital Transformation:-

To make digital world, majority organization works for digital transformation to make easy human life. So to optimize focusing functionalities require functional testing to across channel.

4] Higher Automation Level:-

Automation level helps to minimize high pressure and time-to-time change in market requirement testing teams are trying to adopt higher automation wherever possible

5] Continuous Integration and Independent Software:-

With growth in emerging technology like social media and mobility and need for software that can be integrated or independent to multiple platforms, systems are becoming more vulnerable. There will be more demand for testers with exposure to different contexts.

6] Big Data Testing:-

It is used to test huge volume of data. Need to have good strategies around big data testing.

7] Mobile Application Testing:-

Growing and up gradation in mobile technology it is essential to support better communicate and connect with each other or world

8] Cloud Computing Testing:-

Almost one third of software will be hosted on the cloud but business still lack of business infrastructure for cloud computing. For such type of infra industry needs some emerging trends in software testing as testing services

9] Security Testing:-

Need to focus on system robustness and security to handling sensitive data.

10] Agile Testing:-

Making a shift towards quality engineering, testing is intended to become more iterative, progressive, and seamlessly integrated with development.

11] Context Driven Testing:-

Context driven testing to become more popular as it ensures more testing coverage from diverse angles

12] ERP Testing:-

Specialized testing skills and methodologies are crucial for a smooth rollout and upgrade of ERP packages.

May

2017

Testware in Software Testing

Testware in software testing is a term which is used to describe all of the material used to perform a test. It includes test cases, test plan, test report, input, expected result, documentation, files and procedure and any other items needed to design and perform test. Testware is a subset of software which helps in performing the testing of application.

It is produced by both verification and validation method.

It is produced by software test engineer.

Testware is also called as testing tool.

Testware should be placed under the control of a configuration management system, saved and faithfully maintained. If particular tester leaves the company then someone else can maintain and continue the process. So testware is valuable asset to the company

It has significant value because it can be reused without incurring the cost of redevelopment with each use.

It is required to plan, design, and execute test.

Testware is term given to combination of all utilities and application software that required for testing a software package.

Testware is different from general software’s because of:

1] Developed by testers for a specific purpose only

2] It has different metrics for quality and

3] It has different metrics for different users

May

2017

Business Requirement Document BRD Template

Business Requirement Document (BRD) is a formal agreement between the organization and customer for product. BRD document makes a clear distinction among the business objective and the technical objective. It gives details the business solution for a project which includes the documentation of customer needs and expectations.

A business requirement document states a high-level business objective of the organization that builds a product or an objective of the customer.

It is a structured document for project requirements which defines what should be delivered to the customer in order to gain value in the project.

BRD contains a both functional and non functional requirement which leads to creation or update product, system or a software if existing modified

It is customer relationship specification so requirement will be in business language that’s why it is also called as customer relationship specification.

Based on collected requirement analyst or responsible person can make control flow / flow chart so that any one from all teams can understand within stipulated time.

BRD indicates only which is the functionality required not how to achieve features and functionality.
Purpose of Business Requirement Document (BRD) -:

It describes business needs and goals, the processes required to meet them, and the key operational and environmental factors that influence what is built and why

Following are the key elements of BRD which covers wide area / requirement / features of product-:

1. Objective of project

2. Business Problem Statement

3. Current Business Process

4. Scope Statement

5. Key Business Objectives

6. Project Completion Criteria

7. Risks & Contingency

8. Assumptions

9. Functional & Non-Functional Requirements

10. Cost and scheduling

11. New/Modified Business Process

12. Training

13. Stakeholder List

14. Quality Measures

15. Checklists (Process and Requirements)

May

2017

Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) Template

Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) captures all requirement (documenting, mapping and tracing) proposed by client. RTM template supports the activity of defining and documenting Test Cases, by arranging them out in the form of a table which clearly trace the requirements. This article helps to understand BRD, TRD / FRD, use of RTM in testing, example of RTM and RTM template

RTM maps all Business Requirement Document (BRD) and Technical / Functional Requirement Document (TRD / FRD) and testers start writing test cases on them.

The use of Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) in testing are-:
1] To assure 100% test coverage

2] Emphasize document or requirement inconsistencies

3] Display status of business requirement

4] Helps to estimate and analyze reworking on test cases if business requirement or functional requirement changed

5] It is used for manual as well as automation project

6] It is used by QAs and development teams to map business and functional requirement

Let’s understand the Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) template with bellow detailed example of Login Process

Project Name -: Login

Project Manager Name -: Mr. Kumar

Project Description -: Verify Login through login page after entering correct login details (Valid user name and password) for successful login

Business Requirement is customer / user can login to the website through customer login page

Business Requirement	Project Name	Module Name	Applicable Role	Description
BR1	Login	Customer / User Login	Customer / User	A Customer / User can login using the login page

Functional / Technical Requirement are customer / user can login to website after entering correct login details (Valid user name and password) for successful login.

Test Case	Technical / Functional Requirement	Test Case Description	Test Case Steps	Test Data	Expected Result
TC_1	TR1 / FR1	Verify login	1] Go to login page 2] Enter valid user id 3] Enter valid password 4] Click on login	User id = Kumar, Password = Kumar.123	Login successful

Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) integrate all Business Requirement and Functional / Technical Requirement in spreadsheet as template to identify coverage gap.

RTM helps to identify missed requirements.

Business Requirement	Business Requirement	Test Case
BR1	TR1 / FR1	TC_1

Above RTM template indicates that 100% coverage of login process

May

2017

Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) in Software Testing

Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) is a process documenting, mapping and tracing all the requirements to the user specified requirement. RTM in manual software testing capture complete user and system requirements proposed by client. It is used with high level requirement and detailed requirement of product, design, test plan, test cases.

This article focus on Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM), Requirement Tracing, Test Matrix, RTM Template, Parameters included in RTM and types of RTM

It is a tool which makes sure that project requirement remains same throughout the software development process.

The use of RTM in software engineering development process is as-:
– To determine whether running / developed project meets user requirements

– Verify all requirement

RTM is a document that map and trace user specified requirement with designed test cases.

It is process of documenting the links between the requirements and work product developed to implement and verify those requirements against the client requirement.

Requirement Tracing helps to understand which part of the development process implements the user requirement and which tests are necessary to verify that user requirement.

Test Matrix is simply a spreadsheet that supports the activity of defining and documenting Test Cases, by arranging them out in the form of a table which clearly trace the requirements.

Test matrix used to understand the project progress and project status using following traceability test matrix types.

I] Forward Traceability

II] Backward or reverse traceability

III] Bi-directional traceability ( Forward+Backward)

All RTM parameters are lying in a table called as RTM template.

Following are the parameters included in Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) in Software Testing-:

1] Requirement ID

2] Risk

3] Requirement Type

4] Requirement Description

5] Trace to User Requirement

6] Trace to Design Requirement

7] Unit Test Cases

8] Integration Test Cases

9] System Test Cases

10] User Acceptance Test Cases

11] Trace to Test Script

Software Testing

What is Client Server Testing

Scope and Purpose of Software Testing

Scope of Software Testing:-

Scope of the testing can be defined based on:-

Purpose of Software Testing:-

Automation of Test Execution

Manual Test cases for login: –

When to automate an application: –
Test suite can be automate based on following scenario of the software

Benefits of Automation of Test Execution: –

Types of Bugs affects on Software Quality

Latest Emerging Trends in Software Testing

Following are the latest emerging trends in software testing-:

1] Featured Open Source Tool:-

2] Quality and Performance:-

3] New Digital Transformation:-

4] Higher Automation Level:-

5] Continuous Integration and Independent Software:-

6] Big Data Testing:-

7] Mobile Application Testing:-

8] Cloud Computing Testing:-

9] Security Testing:-

10] Agile Testing:-

11] Context Driven Testing:-

12] ERP Testing:-

Testware in Software Testing

Testware is different from general software’s because of:

Business Requirement Document BRD Template

Following are the key elements of BRD which covers wide area / requirement / features of product-:

Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) Template

Let’s understand the Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) template with bellow detailed example of Login Process

Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) in Software Testing

Test matrix used to understand the project progress and project status using following traceability test matrix types.

Following are the parameters included in Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) in Software Testing-:

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Scope of Software Testing:-

Scope of the testing can be defined based on:-

Purpose of Software Testing:-

Before starting to search right / suitable automation software testing tool, following points should be keep in mind in perspective of company and project: –

Available Automation Testing Tool:-

Manual Test cases for login: –

When to automate an application: – Test suite can be automate based on following scenario of the software

Benefits of Automation of Test Execution: –

Following are the latest emerging trends in software testing-:

1] Featured Open Source Tool:-

2] Quality and Performance:-

3] New Digital Transformation:-

4] Higher Automation Level:-

5] Continuous Integration and Independent Software:-

6] Big Data Testing:-

7] Mobile Application Testing:-

8] Cloud Computing Testing:-

9] Security Testing:-

10] Agile Testing:-

11] Context Driven Testing:-

12] ERP Testing:-

Testware is different from general software’s because of:

Following are the key elements of BRD which covers wide area / requirement / features of product-:

Let’s understand the Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) template with bellow detailed example of Login Process

Test matrix used to understand the project progress and project status using following traceability test matrix types.

Following are the parameters included in Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) in Software Testing-:

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When to automate an application: –
Test suite can be automate based on following scenario of the software