What is Component Testing?
20.05.2011
ISTQB Glossary gives us the following definition: Unit Testing (module testing): See component testing Component testing: Testing of individual software components (according to IEEE 610) Component: The smallest element of
Read More
6 Basic Criteria For Testing Requirements
07.05.2011
Note: the article was updated in November 2019 Why clear requirements are so vital during the software development life cycle? How not to waste time writing them but get benefits
Read More
Myths and Facts: Purpose of Software Testing
06.05.2011
Note: the article was updated in March 2019. What type of people do you belong to: those who believe that software testing plays in favor of their product, or those
Read More
Do you consider yourself an expert in testing?
29.04.2011
Note: the article was updated in August 2018. What distinguishes an ordinary tester from an expert? What knowledge and skills a professional QA engineer should possess? How to become a
Read More
Siege is a stress testing tool for Web servers
15.04.2011
Siege is a utility for stress testing webservers. It was created to give developers the ability to check the resource consumption of its code in conditions close to real. Siege
Read More
Top 5 Personal Qualities of a Tester
12.04.2011
This article was updated in October 2021. As a software tester, I often perform such tasks that are not directly related to the implementation of the testing: the management of
Read More
Classification of Software Testing Kinds
09.04.2011
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
Read More
Positive And Negative Testing
08.04.2011
Probably all the testers know what a negative testing is. I even think that it is a favorite type of software testing for many of us. When you run a
Read More
Difference Between QA and Testing
07.04.2011
Note: the article was updated in October 2018 Software testing and QA (Quality Assurance) are not the same notions. They have different goals, specific features and methods to apply. Let’s
Read More
Analysis of Dynamics of Critical Defects
06.04.2011
Over time the number of errors in the test program becomes less and at some point it has become necessary to terminate software testing. Determine this point is not so
Read More
How to Involve Non-functional Testing?
01.04.2011
Note: this article was updated in July 2019 Who would have thought that product development is only half the way to success?! No less important is to verify its quality
Read More