Unit Testing
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Learning Goals
After the course, attendees will be able to:
Be introduced test levels
Be introduced the lowest test level Unit Test
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Test Levels
Unit Test Level
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Test Levels – What?
➢A group of test activities that are organized
and managed together.
➢Each test level is specifically service for a
development stage -> V-model
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V-Model
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Test Levels
➢Unit testing (Component testing)
➢Integration testing (Combination testing)
➢System testing
➢Acceptance testing
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Test Levels
Test levels are characterized by the following
attributes:
➢Specific objectives
➢Test basis, referenced to derive test cases
➢Test object (i.e., what is being tested)
➢Typical defects and failures
➢Specific approaches and responsibilities
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Unit Test – What?
➢ Verify that individual UNITs of software program are
working properly follow detailed design
➢ A UNIT(component) is the smallest testable part of
an application, it can be:
✓Program statements
✓Class, Function, Procedure
✓Module
✓Individual program
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Unit Test – Objectives
✓ Reducing risk
✓ Verifying whether the functional and non-
functional behaviors of the component are as
designed
and specified
✓ Building confidence in the component’s quality
✓ Finding defects in the component
✓ Preventing defects from escaping to higher test
levels
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Unit Test – Why?
$14,000
➢ Faster Debugging
85% % Defects
➢ Better Design Introduced in
Percentage of Bugs
this phase
➢ Reduce Future % Defects
Cost (Quality found in
in this phase
$1000
Effort & $ Cost to
Correction Cost) $25 $130 $250 repair defect
in this phase
Coding Unit Funct Field Post
Test Test Test Release
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Unit Test – Inputs (Test Basis)
✓ Detailed design
✓ Code
✓ Data model
✓ Component specifications
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Unit Test – Types/Technique
➢Statement Testing: execute all statements at
least once
➢Decision/Branch Testing: execute each
decision/branch at least once
➢Path Testing: execute all paths in the
program at least once
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Unit Test – Implementation
➢Doer: developer/coder, who develop the code
➢How: using one or more unit testing types in
following orders:
✓ Top-Down Unit Testing: stubs are required
✓ Bottom-up Unit Testing: drivers are required
Stubs and drivers are usually used in Unit Testing to
replace missing components, software
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Top-Down Unit Testing
➢Stubs: called by software component
Stub
Stub
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Bottom-up Unit Testing
➢Driver: call software component
Test Test
Drivers Drivers
Level N Level N
Test
Drivers
Level N-1
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Unit Test – Typical defects and failures
➢Incorrect functionality (e.g., not as described
in design specifications)
➢Data flow problems
➢Incorrect code and logic
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Unit Test – Tools
UT Tools for references:
Java: Junit (www.junit.org)
C/C++: cppUnit
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/cppunit/)
Python: pyUnit (http://pyunit.sourceforge.net/)
Perl: PerlUnit (http://perlunit.sourceforge.net/)
Visual Basic: vbUnit (http://www.vbunit.com/)
C#: csUnit (http://www.csunit.org/)
.NET: Nunit (http://www.nunit.org/)
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Quiz! Question 1 of 5 01: 08
What is a test level?
A group of test activities that are organized together
One or more test design specification documents
A test type
An ISTQB certification
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Quiz! Question 2 of 5 01: 08
What is the normal order of activities in which software testing is
organized?
Unit, integration, system, acceptance
System, integration, unit , acceptance
Unit, integration, acceptance, system
None of the above
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Quiz! Question 3 of 5 01: 08
Why is unit testing?
Faster Debugging
Reduce Future Cost
Both of the above
None of the above
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Quiz! Question 4 of 5 01: 08
To test a function, the programmer has to write a _________,
which calls the function to be tested and passes it test data
Stub
Driver
Proxy
None of the above
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Quiz! Question 5 of 5 01: 08
Drivers are also known as
i. Spade
ii. Test harness
iii. Scaffolding
i , ii are true and iii is false
i , iii are true and ii is false
ii , iii are true and i is false
All of the above are true
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