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Test automation has come a long way in the past 20 years. Originally test tools offered simple capture/playback capabilities: recording and playing keystrokes, then capturing and comparing screens.



While simple to create, these tests proved almost impossible to maintain, and capture/playback tools were eventually replaced by more powerful and flexible test scripting tools.



But scripting tools introduced issues of their own. They required extensive development skills and… Continue

1. Black box testing - not based on any knowledge of internal design or code. Tests are based on requirements and functionality.



2. White box testing - based on knowledge of the internal logic of an application's code. Tests are based on coverage of code statements, branches, paths, conditions.



3. Unit testing - the most 'micro' scale of testing; to test particular functions or code modules. Typically done by the programmer and not by testers, as it requires detailed… Continue

The various phases involved in testing, with regard to the software development life cycle are:



1. Requirements stage

2. Test Plan

3. Test Design.

4. Design Reviews

5. Code Reviews

6. Test Cases preparation.

7. Test Execution

8. Test Reports.

9. Bugs Reporting

10. Reworking on patches.

11. Release to production.



Requirements Stage:



Normally in many companies, developers itself take part in the… Continue