By Rohen Shah – rxs07u

 Introduction  Different methodologies used  Different types of testing tools  Most commonly used testing tools  Summary

 Humans are prone to make mistakes and so may not be as efficient i.e. missing out code that causes error in program.  Testing is important especially in the development stages.  As development progresses is becomes harder to fix errors and even spot errors.  E.g. a function being used whilst the stack is empty.

 Software industry is growing so its more competitive for businesses to produce good quality software  Testing plays a big part such as meeting deadlines.  Testing therefore has to be done through out programming.  Manual testing wastes a lot of time so testing tools can increase efficiency.

 Form of automated testing  Using programs to do different tasks  They are computerized and help in every type of testing.  Testing tools themselves have been coded in java and C++.  They can do things like checking conditions and checking predicted results with actual results and many more.

 Many different ways of implementing testing tools.  Can be used together or individually.  Depends on what you are testing and what resources you need.

 Uses internal perspective of the system and then designs test cases based on this.  So the code itself and conditions, statements and paths are all tested.  Programming skills are required.  This testing does things like analyzing the data flow, control flow and information flow.

 Different testing tools are available each which is capable of doing different things.  Over the years many advancements have been made on different testing tools.  More will come in the future

 Used for web applications  Tests for bugs and problems that appear in the program  E.g. having dead links or html validation

 Quick Test Professional: ◦ Used for functional regression. ◦ Automated functional Graphic User Interface (GUI) ◦ GUI is automated so can be used online of offline ◦ Has many functions such as comparing existing systems with current ones. ◦ Can test many applications such as java, visual basics and others.

 Silk Test: ◦ Tool used for regression testing and functional testing. ◦ E-business application. ◦ Many functions such as database testing and management. ◦ Used with big organizations

 Advantages: ◦ Reduce the amount of time needed ◦ Manpower reduced ◦ Reduce more errors as more testing tools become available  Disadvantages: ◦ Getting the tool itself can be costly ◦ Programmers should be capable of using these tools.

 Importance of testing tools  What they are and why they are used  Different methodologies used  Different types of testing tools  Pros and cons of testing tools

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