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Black Box and White Box Testing

Black box testing examines whether software works as intended from the user's perspective without considering internal structures or designs. It includes functional, non-functional, and regression testing. Advantages are it requires no technical knowledge and can start early, while disadvantages are high chances of no results and difficulty achieving full coverage. White box testing examines internal structures and designs known to the tester, including different types like conditional and path testing.

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Black Box and White Box Testing

Black box testing examines whether software works as intended from the user's perspective without considering internal structures or designs. It includes functional, non-functional, and regression testing. Advantages are it requires no technical knowledge and can start early, while disadvantages are high chances of no results and difficulty achieving full coverage. White box testing examines internal structures and designs known to the tester, including different types like conditional and path testing.

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What is Black Box Testing?

Black box testing is a software testing style wherein the objective is to examine whether software works
for end-users as intended without worrying about the internal system. In this, a tester observes the
behavior of a system entirely by inputs and outputs.

Types of Black Box Testing

Black box testing mainly comprises three types of testing:

Functional testing: It involves testing specific functions or features of software under test. Functional
testing includes unit testing, smoke testing, sanity testing, integration testing, and user acceptance
testing.

Non-functional testing: It involves testing additional aspects of the software that are beyond features
and functionalities. It helps check how well a system performs under high load and different
environments. Non-functional testing includes performance testing, load testing, stress testing, volume
testing, and security testing.

Regression testing: It involves testing the new version of software for any regression or degradation in
capabilities. It can be applied to both functional and non-functional aspects of the software.

Advantages of Black Box Testing


 It can easily be performed by testers with no technical background or programming knowledge.
 It can start as soon as the functional specifications are complete.
 Both the testers and developers work independently, so the testing is balanced and unbiased.
 It helps identify the defects and inconsistencies in the early stages of testing.
Disadvantages of Black Box Testing
 There is a high chance of not achieving any result at the end of the test.
 Writing test cases is slow and difficult as identifying all possible inputs in a limited time becomes
challenging.
 It is not ideal to use for large and complicated applications as complete test coverage is not
possible.
 As it is specification-dependent, building test cases without specifications become difficult.
What is White Box Testing?

White box testing is a type of software testing wherein the internal structure and design of the item being
tested are well known to the tester. It helps the developers in finding out the internal flaws of the security.

Types of White Box Testing


Conditional testing: This type of testing checks the logical conditions for both true and false values.
Path testing: It is a testing approach that uses the source code of a program to find every possible
executable path. It helps the testers achieve maximum path coverage with the least number of test cases.
Unit testing: It is a testing method wherein individual units of software are tested. It helps ensure that
each component of the software works as intended.
Integration testing: It is a type of testing process in which individual software modules or components
are tested as a group. It helps ensure that the modules work fine when merged.
Loop testing: This testing type that entirely focuses on validating the loop constructs used in the
algorithms.

Advantages of White Box Testing

 White box testing helps find hidden errors in an application as it checks and works by internal
functionality.
 It is much more thorough than traditional black-box testing.
 It helps get maximum test coverage while writing test scenarios, as the tester has programming
knowledge.

Disadvantages of White Box Testing

 White box testing is an exhaustive method of testing as it takes a significant amount of time to
develop the test cases.
 It might miss testing certain functionalities as only the available code is tested.
 It requires skilled testers having programming knowledge to perform white box testing.
 It is costly as compared to black box testing.

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