Software Testing Tips

Below are the listed some software testing tips which are mandatory to go through before testing to bring out the results more positive.

1. Compelling test cases: First tip is to have sufficient test cases rather than abundance of cases. These cases are one which have high efficiency of detecting bug. Tester must be highly attentive while documenting their cases.

2. Knowing  the application completely: When the tester have complete knowledge of the application one can easily identify the weak and strong areas where there is more opportunity to find bug. The complete knowledge mean knowing the working environment, expected outcome,what the application is used for.

3. Familiar with the functionality of application: Tester should know all about the application from the top view to the deep end functionalities along with the highly important functions most impactful along with the low intensity functions.By this one can identify between high and low priority bugs.

4. Regression Testing: Regression testing is a very important part of testing which should be followed thoroughly by a tester in order to examine any bug left or any impact on other features due to bug fixation.Tester should have a bunch of regression test cases to run every time a new change or feature is introduced to make sure that all the major functions are working properly.

5. Segregating application into smaller modules: Dividing the application into smaller parts make it simples for the tester to increase its coverage over every tiny part of module. This segregation will help to pinpoint the smalls bugs along with the big ones. Along with the better application understanding.

6. Share test cases with developer: Sharing test cases with developers is considered as good practice because this can help developers to see whether they have created correct functionality before sending it further for testing process. This will help in minimising the workload as the important things would already be taken care of.

7. Stress and Load testing is must: Tester should keep in knowledge about the stress and load level of any application that how many users can hit on a application at a time. Stress testing is important to maintain a good quality of application. It is important to know the limit so that a threshold can be applied to handle such exceptions.

8. Take help from previous documented buglist: if old app is being tested with modifications of feature addition, then possibility of application breakage is high due to new feature addition. It is better to have a look at the old bugs once and check on them.

Keeping these points in mind will help not only to find quality bugs but also will keep the application standard high.