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testing performed by software engineers
subject			fact

testing performed by software engineers	is a subtopic of 10.9 - Strategies for Testing Large Systems
	is a kind of testing
testing	can find defects whose consequences are obvious but which are buried in complex code, and thus will be hard to detect when inspecting
	involves thinking of what could go wrong without actually studying the software
	is complementary to inspecting
	requires attention to detail
process	see also process^2

Kinds of testing performed by software engineers :

• developer testing (3 facts) - Preliminary testing performed by the people who do the design and programming
• independent testing (5 facts) - Testing performed by a separate group other than the people who do the design and programming
• integration testing (2 kinds, 6 facts) - Testing a system in a phased approach - first testing individual subsystems, then testing the integrated system, Testing during or following the process of integrating a system
• object oriented testing (3 facts)
• regression testing (5 facts) - The process of re-testing the a system, using a selected subset of test cases, after changes are made
• unit testing (3 facts) - Testing an individual module or component in isolation