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diff --git a/tests/functional/README b/tests/functional/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..07d029dd4 --- /dev/null +++ b/tests/functional/README @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Functional Testing: + Process of validating that the software conforms to its specifications and + correctly performs its required functions. + + This entails a series of feature by feature validation of behavior using + a wide range of normal and erroneous input data. + + Functional testing divided in 3 categories: + - Build Validation tests: + Build Verification Test (BVT), also known as Build Acceptance Test, + is a set of tests run on each new build of a software to verify that + the build is testable before the build is released into further testing. + + - Smoke Testing: + A subset of test cases that are designed to broadly and minimally + test to confirm that changes in the code of a particular build + function as expected and do not break an entire build. + + - Regression: + Process of retesitng a build after bug fixes and code changes to + find any unexpected loss of functionality in the new code base. |