Software Testing For Beginners

This course is for people who are just starting out and want to work in software testing. It covers all the important ideas and methods used in software testing, so you’ll learn everything you need to know about testing different types of software. By the end of the course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge to be confident in testing software effectively.

You should have basic computing and Internet knowledge.

• Overview of Testing
• Type of Testing
• Internationalisation and localisation
• Testing process
• Models
• A sample testing cycle
• Automated testing
• Testing tools
• Measurement in software testing
• Hierarchy of testing difficulty
• Testing artifacts

1: Overview of Testing

• Introduction to Software Testing
• Features of Software Testing
• Key Concepts
• Defects and failures
• Input combinations and Input preconditions
• Economics
• Roles
• Testing methods

2: Type of Testing

• Static vs. dynamic testing
• The box approach
• White-Box testing
• Black-box testing
• Visual testing
• Grey-box testing
• Testing levels
• Unit testing
• Integration testing
• Component interface testing
• System testing
• Acceptance testing
• Installation testing
• Compatibility testing
• Smoke and sanity testing
• Regression testing
• Acceptance testing
• Alpha testing
• Beta testing
• Functional vs non-functional testing
• Destructive testing
• Software performance testing
• Usability testing
• Accessibility testing
• Security testing
• A/B testing
• Concurrent testing
• Conformance testing or type testing

3: Internationalisation and localisation

4: Testing Process

5: Models

• Traditional waterfall development model
• Agile or Extreme development model
• Top-down and bottom-up

6: A Sample Testing Cycle

Practical example for testing software. A sample project will be prepared to explain the practical usage of testing with proper coding illustrations.

7: Automated testing

8: Testing Tools

9: Measurement in Software Testing

10: Hierarchy of Testing Difficulty

11: Hierarchy of Testing Difficulty

12: Testing Artifacts

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