{"id":226,"date":"2019-04-24T16:37:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T11:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w3softech.com\/blog\/?p=226"},"modified":"2019-06-12T16:14:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T10:44:57","slug":"unit-testing-tools-and-types","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/w3softech.com\/blog\/unit-testing-tools-and-types\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Unit Testing? Unit Testing Tools and Types | W3Softech"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Unit Testing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The process of testing the individual units of software is called Unit Testing. It will be done during the development of a software application. According to the programming procedure, a unit may be an individual function of the software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unit Testing is one of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"levels of software testing (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/w3softech.com\/blog\/levels-of-testing\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>levels of software testing<\/strong><\/a> and usually done by the developer. It is the first level of testing.  Developers or QA Engineers will handle this testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Working Process of\nUnit Testing<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>With the help of this testing, we can fix bugs or errors during the development cycle<\/li><li>It enables developers to make changes quickly and saves cost<\/li><li>It helps to get a good quality software product<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/w3softech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Software-Testing-Levels-W3Softech-1.jpg\" alt=\"Software-Testing-Levels-Unit-Testing-W3Softech\" class=\"wp-image-229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/w3softech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Software-Testing-Levels-W3Softech-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/w3softech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Software-Testing-Levels-W3Softech-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/w3softech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Software-Testing-Levels-W3Softech-1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Unit Testing Types<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It is of two types namely Manual or Automated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most probably performed by manually but developers always prefer to do automation testing. It is a white box testing technique comes under following test coverage techniques<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Branch Coverage<\/li><li>Condition Coverage<\/li><li>Decision Coverage<\/li><li>Statement Coverage<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using White box testing methods<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Test cases can be derived that all independent\npaths within a module have been exercised at least once.<\/li><li>Exercise all logical decisions on their true and\nfalse sides.<\/li><li>Executes all loops at their boundaries.<\/li><li>Exercise internal data structures to assure\ntheir validity.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Unit Testing Tools<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>JTest<\/li><li>JUnit<\/li><li>NUnit<\/li><li>JMockit<\/li><li>EMMA<\/li><li>PHPUnit<\/li><li>xUnit.net<\/li><li>TestNG<\/li><li>QuiltHTTP<\/li><li>HTMLUnit<\/li><li>EmbUnit<\/li><li>SimpleTest<\/li><li>ABAPUnit<\/li><li>TypeMock<\/li><li>LRDA<\/li><li>Cantata<\/li><li>Karma<\/li><li>Jasmine<\/li><li>Mocha<\/li><li>Parasoft<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Advantages<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Developers will be able to understand the functionality of the Unit API<\/li><li>It helps the developers to rewrite and modify the code anytime and ensure the unit works as usual<\/li><li>It helps to test each and every unit of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"software application (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/itconsultant4u.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>software application<\/strong><\/a> so that named as Unit Testing<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Disadvantages<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>It is very complicated to test each and every unit in large scale programs as it takes a lot of time<\/li><li>There may be a chance of missing units or paths of code in trivial programs<\/li><li> It allows testing only certain units or paths of code so that we are unable to grab the integration errors <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unit Testing The process of testing the individual units of software is called Unit Testing. 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