Types of software testing

This is definitely the age of science and technology and with every passing day we are advancing towards a more techno-friendly world. In this age of technology, software plays an important role and therefore software testing has also become a very integral part of this technical world. Experts from Nexsus Techno Solutions Pvt Ltd list down a few important types of software testing, read on to know more about it:

Black box testing – In this type of testing the tests are based on requirements and functionality only and internal system design is not considered in it at all.

White box testing – knowledge of the internal logic of an application’s code is the base of this testing system. White box testing is also known as Glass box Testing.

Integration testing – Testing of integrated modules to validate combined functionality after integration. Modules are characteristically code modules, individual applications, client and server applications on a network, etc. This kind of testing is specifically relevant to client/server and distributed systems.

Functional testing – This sort of testing overlooks the interior parts and stresses on the output. In simpler words it is just Black-box type testing but it’s geared to functional requirements of an application.

System testing – Entire system is tested as per the necessities. Black-box type testing that is based on overall requirements specifications, covers all combined parts of a system.

End-to-end testing – Parallel to system testing, this testing involves testing of the whole application environment in a situation that mimics real-world use, such as interacting with a database, using network communications, or interacting with other hardware, applications, or systems if appropriate.

Acceptance testing -Generally this type of testing is done to validate if system meets the customer specified requirements or not. Users or customers do this testing to find out whether to accept application or not.