Testing - The New World!

What are the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) phases? There are various software development approaches defined and designed which are used/employed during development process of software, these approaches are also referred as “Software Development Process Models” (e.g.  Waterfall model ,  Incremental model ,  V-model ,  Iterative model ,  RAD model ,  Agile model ,  Spiral model ,  Prototype model  etc.). Each process model follows a particular life cycle in order to ensure success in process of software development. Software life cycle models describe phases of the software cycle and the order in which those phases are executed. Each phase produces deliverables required by the next phase in the life cycle. Requirements are translated into design. Code is produced according to the design which is called development phase. After coding and development the testing verifies the deliverable of the implementation phase agai...

Beta Testing  is also known as field testing. It takes place at  customer’s site . It sends the system/software to users who install it and use it under real-world working conditions. A beta test is the second phase of  software testing  in which a sampling of the intended audience tries the product out. (Beta is the second letter of the Greek alphabet.) Originally, the term  alpha testing  meant the first phase of testing in a software development process. The first phase includes  unit testing ,  component testing , and  system testing . Beta testing can be considered “pre-release testing. The goal of beta testing is to place your application in the hands of real users outside of your own engineering team to discover any flaws or issues from the user’s perspective that you would not want to have in your final, released version of the application. Example: Microsoft and many other organizations release beta versions of their products...