Code Academy Session 4 \’Testing Fundamentals and Principles\’

Common Words/ Phrases in Testing

Something That\’s gone wrong, or isn\’t working correctly.

A description of the features and functionality of the target system.

Checking something does not fail for an unexpected input

The possibility of a negative or undesirable outcome

Checking something new works (bug fix, new feature)

Check something new hasn\’t broken something that exists already.

Does it do what it\’s supposed to do? E.G can I buy a lemon from the website

How well does it do what it it is supposed to do? (e.g Performance/ backwards compatibility)

Verifying the code works (e.g statement coverage)

Verifying a change works and has no unintended effects (e.g confirmation and regression)