Overview

Course Description

Manual software testing is when human testers check the quality of a new application without using automation tools or scripting. The purpose is to identify bugs or defects, ensure the product is error-free, and check it conforms to specified functional requirements. The process compares the behavior of a software application (or one of its components or features) with the expected behavior which was defined in the initial phases of the software development life cycle (SDLC). Manual testers design test cases or scenarios with 100 percent test coverage, and execute them one by one before verifying the results. They ensure that any reported issues are passed to the development team to fix, and then tested again.

Important: Basically, manual testing requires human intervention, while automation testing uses machines to execute test cases automatically. Any type of application can be tested manually, but manual testing is especially suitable for assessing user interfaces (UI) and user experience (UX), and for ad-hoc or exploratory testing. Automation testing is recommended only for stable systems which are likely to have fewer bugs, and is mostly used for regression testing and performance testing. Testing tools like JMeter and Selenium are commonly used.

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