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Why do testers need to learn SQL?

A question we are frequently asked by newbie students is why we need to learn SQL. We hope this blog will provide an insight into the question. As testers first and teachers next, we rely on our practical experience and do our best to teach skills that we have used day in and day out […]

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Importance of Unix Basics for Software Testers

A question we are frequently asked by our newbie students is why we need to learn Unix. We hope this blog will provide an insight into the question. As testers first and teachers next, we rely on our practical experience and do our best to teach skills that we have used day in and day […]

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ISTQB – User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

User Acceptance Testing (UAT): We have so far in our blogs looked at Unit testing, Integration testing and System testing in detail. In today’s blog, we take a look at User Acceptance Test or UAT for short. UAT comes after System testing. Though the application has undergone these different tests, the customer (the king/queen) has […]

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ISTQB- System Testing

 System Testing or Functional Testing: System Testing is the next level of testing after Unit and Integration Testing. In System testing,  end to end testing is conducted in an environment representative of the live or production environment. The test cases are based completely on the Functional Specification. And an independent test team(independent of the development […]

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ISTQB – Integration Test Strategies

Integration strategy stands for HOW individual modules will be combined during Integration testing. The individual modules can be combined in one go, or they can be joined one by one. A decision on how to put the pieces together is called the Integration Strategy. There are 3 strategies – Big Bang, Top Down Integration & […]

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ISTQB – Unit Testing & Integration Testing

Tests conducted by Developers: In our blog on V-model, we looked at how for every phase in the SDLC,  a corresponding testing activity was introduced. So we have Unit Testing,  Integration Testing, System Testing and  User Acceptance Testing. Of these, the Unit Testing and Integration Testing are primarily the responsibility of the Development team. The […]

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ISTQB – Different Test Types

Different Types of ISTQB Testing: A Comprehensive Guide In today’s rapidly developing software development, the importance of delivering high-quality software products cannot be overstated. Professionals in the field use a variety of testing methodologies to achieve effective software quality assurance. One widely acknowledged framework in this domain is the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB), […]

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ISTQB – Test Levels

Test Levels: In our previous blog we understood how the V-model extends the waterfall model with the testing activities that need to be completed later in SDLC. And for every development activity, we saw a corresponding testing activity. And how the test phase for a given level began during the corresponding software development activity. During the Requirements […]

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ISTQB V-model of Testing

V-model of Testing: In the traditional waterfall model, which is a linear or sequential model, each activity in the software development life cycle is more or less complete before the next stage begins. The Requirements phase kicks off the project. In the Requirements phase, requirements were collected or elicited from the Customer and captured in […]

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ISTQB Software Test Life Cycle

Software Test Life Cycle or the Software Test Process The Software Test Life cycle addresses the Testing aspect of the Software Development Life Cycle. It includes all activities from Test Planning, writing test cases, test execution to QA sign-off. Many organizations have a team that is independent of the Development team or a part of the […]

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