Classification of Software Testing Kinds

by Nataliia Vasylyna | April 9, 2011 10:00 am

What is “testing”? The book Meshcheryakova MS “Software Testing” is given two definitions of this term:

1. Testing is a process of detecting errors in software
2. Testing is a technical study to obtain information related to the quality of the product being tested.

Wikipedia also “knows” only the second definition, which is just slightly differently worded: “Software Testing is the process of research of software with the purpose of obtaining information about a product,” Well, personally I like more (probably because it’s easier) the first definition.

According to Wikipedia, there are distinguish the following types of testing:

By the object of testing:

• Functional testing
• Performance testing

load testing
stress testing
testing of the stability (stability / endurance / soak testing[1])

• Usability testing
• Testing the user interface (UI testing)
• Security testing
• Localization testing
• Compatibility testing

By the knowledge of the system:

• Testing the black box
• Testing the white box
• Testing the grey box

According to the degree of automation:

• Manual testing
• Automated testing
• Semi-automated testing

According to the degree of isolation components:

• Component (unit) testing
• Integration testing
• System / end-to-end testing

By the time of testing:

• Alpha testing
• Smoke testing
• New feature testing
• Regression testing
• Acceptance testing
• Beta testing

By the basis of positive scenario:

• Positive testing
• Negative testing

By the degree of preparedness to be tested:

• Documentation testing (formal testing)
• Test ad hoc or intuitive testing (ad hoc testing)

Related Posts:

• Main Types of Software Testing or Testers-Cats[2]
• What is Monkey Testing?[3]
• The Main Goal of Acceptance Testing[4]

Source URL: https://blog.qatestlab.com/2011/04/09/the-classification-of-kinds-of-software-testing/

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