Software Testing and Quality Assurance

Description:
Master the strategies to ensure software is reliable, bug-free, and meets business requirements before release. Learn both manual and automated testing.

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand software testing life cycle

  • Write test plans and cases

  • Perform manual and automated testing

  • Use QA tools like Selenium

Detailed Content:

10.1 Introduction to Software Testing

Testing ensures the software works as intended, meets user expectations, and doesn’t have critical bugs.

10.2 Types of Testing

  • Manual Testing: Performed by human testers

  • Automated Testing: Scripts run tests automatically

  • Functional Testing: Tests specific actions and outputs

  • Non-functional Testing: Performance, load, usability testing

10.3 Testing Levels

  • Unit Testing: Test individual components

  • Integration Testing: Test combined components

  • System Testing: Complete application

  • Acceptance Testing: Meets business needs

10.4 Writing Test Cases

  • Clear description of what to test, inputs, expected output

  • Linked to specific requirements

10.5 Bug Tracking and Reporting

  • Bug lifecycle: New > Open > Fixed > Retest > Closed

  • Tools: Jira, Bugzilla

10.6 Automation Tools

  • Selenium for web apps

  • JUnit/TestNG for Java

  • CI/CD tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions