16 February, 2015

Testing is the only way out to get a stable product. Is it true?

Software development life cycle: Software are becoming an integrated part of our life. Knowingly or unknowingly we use them in various forms that may be tangible or intangible. Well we must know different stages of software development that we use to use for a cause. Software development lifecycle has following stages like feasibility test, designing flow of the application, developing the application, testing the application and maintenance. Among these stages, the most important part is software testing because if an application is projected to the end user without testing then it is definitely going to be a failure. Every product or software development has one common target i.e., to get a reliable and stable final product. Let us see how testing helps in achieving the target of the software developer.

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Importance of testing: Though, in the software development life cycle we see the testing process at the fourth stage but the fact is it starts with the start of software development process. The testers have to test each and every module while being developed by the software developers during the development process. This is known as unit testing. Once all the modules are developed and tested by the testers individually then the tester starts testing the product in a bottom to top or top to bottom manner. This is called as regression testing. In this stage, the tester checks each and every functions of the application or product and gives feedback to the developer.

Now the developer modifies his code from the feedback of the tester. In this stage, the tester also tests the user experience of the application or product. Well from the developers point of view there should be no changes required in the user interface since he is aware of the backend programming but the end user is totally unaware of the background process and logic. To co-ordinate between the developers and the end users, the tester works like a bridge. He tests the end product from the user’s point of view and gives the feedback to the developer to make any modification if required to improve the user experience.

How tester helps in getting a stable product: A stable product is one which gives perfect output in all conditions, performs efficiently, provides better user experience and must be a reliable one. To achieve all these, though the developer works hard in developing the product but the smart mind of tester refines the development process. Without the feedback from the tester for the improvement of user experience, the developer can’t understand the issue and hence mayn’t modify his code to improve the user experience. So we can say tester plays an extremely important role in developing a reliable and stable product from the end user.

Any alternative to testing? Since testing has already proved its importance in the software development lifecycle we may search for any alternative which can perform all the tasks that testing does should definitely welcomed. But unfortunately there is no such methodology which can replace the importance of testing in the reliable product development. Hence we have to accept the importance of testing for a stable and reliable end product.

You can hire testers from top offshore software testing companies in India who can help you accomplish testing within allocated budgets and time schedules.

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