Tag "software testing theory"

Aggressive and Passive Testing

22.03.2011

I’ve been thinking about how I *bucket* testing. Here is what I mean. I see testing as aggressive and passive. Aggressive testing, to me, is the art of asking the product

Selenium Auto Accept Self Signed SSL Certificates and Basic Authentication

19.03.2011

One of my biggest annoyances and unresolved issues with Selenium is the self-signed SSL certificates. This was a huge issue for me on the last project when we had dozen

Negative Test Cases for Functional Testing

18.03.2011

Negative testing is a testing technique when invalid input data are used for software quality assessment. Its purpose is to check the software behavior in case of invalid input. In

Unit Testing SharePoint with TypeMock (Part I)

17.03.2011

As a developer testing isn’t necessarily fun but it is an essential aspect of what we do. I find it’s always a challenge to find the best approach that balances

Software Testing Techniques : Positive vs Negative

02.03.2011

Positive Software Testing Techniques Positive software testing techniques focus on validating a predefined expectation. In other words, these techniques help you verify that what is supposed to happen actually does

Software Testing Techniques

01.03.2011

Introduction Because of the fallibility of its human designers and its own abstract, complex nature, software development must be accompanied by quality assurance activities. It is not unusual for developers

Difference Between White Box, Black Box, and Gray Box Testing

Note: the article was updated in September 2018. In this article, we are going to talk about three common approaches to software testing: white-box, black-box, and grey-box testing. We will

How important is Software QA Testing?

In accordance to the US federal company, the Countrywide Institute of Standards and Technological innovation, application mistakes charge U.S. economic climate .five billion annually (NIST report). Examples • Users of

Pareto Principle in Software Testing

25.02.2011

Note: The article was updated in February 2021. The Pareto Principle states that 20% of efforts bring 80% of results, and the other 80% of efforts bring only 20% of