Test design tools help to create test cases, or at least test inputs (which is part of a test case). If an automated oracle is available, then the tool can also make the expected result, so in point of fact it can generate test cases (rather than just test inputs). [Read more…] about What is Test design tools in software testing?
What is Modelling tools in software testing?
Modelling tools are basically ‘model-based testing tools’ which actually generates test inputs or test cases from stored information about a particular model (e.g. a state diagram), so are classified as test design tools. [Read more…] about What is Modelling tools in software testing?
What are static analysis tools?
- It is typically used by the developers before and sometimes during component and integration testing.
- It is also used by the designers during software modeling
- Compiler can be considered as a static analysis tool because it builds a symbol table, points out incorrect usage and checks for non-compliance to coding language conventions or syntax. [Read more…] about What are static analysis tools?
What is Review process support tools?
Every type of review has its own value whether it is informal or formal review as discussed in Chapter 3. For a very informal review, where one person looks at another’s document and gives a few comments about it, a tool such as this might just obstruct the informal review process. However, when the review process is more formal, when many people are involved, or when the people involved are in different geographical locations, then tool support become very useful. [Read more…] about What is Review process support tools?
What is Configuration management tools?
Configuration management tools are not strictly testing tools either, but good configuration management is critical for controlled testing.
To understand this better let us take an example, a test group started testing the software, expecting to find the usual quite high number of problems. But to their surprise, the software seemed to be much better than usual this time – very few defects were found. [Read more…] about What is Configuration management tools?