Software Testing Course

Software Testing – Training

Course contents:

1.     Introduction to Software Testing

2.     Fundamentals of Testing

3.     SDLC- Software Testing Life cycle

4.     STLC- Software Testing Life cycle

• Waterfall model
• Verification Validation Model [V- Model]
•  Agile methodology
• RAD Model
• Spiral Model

5.     Testing Levels

         Unit/Component Testing
                1. Statement coverage
                2. Branch coverage
                3. Decision coverage
         Integration Testing
                1. Top-down & bottom-up approaches
                2. Stubs
                3. Drivers
       System Testing
       Acceptance testing
               1. Alpha testing
               2. Beta testing

6.     Various popular testing types

• Black box testing
• White box testing
• Gray box testing
• Experience based testing
• Smoke and Sanity Testing
• Re-Testing
• Regression Testing
• Maintenance testing
• Usability Testing
• Functional Testing
• End to end testing
• Positive Vs negative testing
• Static Vs Dynamic testing
• Adhoc Testing
• Exploratory testing
• Database testing
• Compatibility Testing
• GUI Testing
• API Testing
• Security Testing
• Model Based testing
• Mutation Testing
• Accessibility Testing
• Stress Testing
• Performance Testing
• Load Testing
• Penetration Testing
• Web Application Testing

7.     Static Testing

• Informal Review
• Formal Review
• Walk-through
• Inspection
• Peer Review

8.     Testing Design Techniques

• Equivalence class partitioning        
• Boundary value analysis
• Error guessing
• Decision table
• State Transition
• Use case testing

9.     Defect management

• Finding defects
• Logging defects
• Tracking and managing defects
• Defect life cycle

10. Case Study

• Test scenario template
• Test case template
• Test data template
• Test plan
• Defect report
• Status report

11. Introduction to Automation Tool

•       Bugzilla defect management tool
•       Test Link
•       Introduction to Selenium test automation tool

                    1. Selenium IDE

                    2. Selenium RC
                    3. Selenium Web Driver