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Software testing

What is software testing?

Software testing is the process of assessing the functionality of a software program. The process checks for errors and gaps and whether the outcome of the application matches desired expectations before the software is installed and goes live

what is the relevance of software testing?

Software testing is imperative, as it identifies any issues and defects with the written code so they can be fixed before the software product is delivered. Improves product quality. When it comes to customer appeal, delivering a quality product is an important metric to consider.

The importance of software testing

After all that information, we can really get to why software testing really is important. Though you might already have an idea from the points we’ve made above, we’ll make a quick list of reasons as to why you need software testing.

  1. It is essential for ensuring the customers’ satisfaction and reliability in the application.
  2. It helps to pinpoint errors and defects right from the developmental phases.
  3. It enables the business to provide facilities to the customers, including high-quality software applications and products. This, in turn, helps to lower maintenance costs and provides more reliable, consistent, and accurate results.
  4. It helps to ensure the quality of the product, which then helps the customer to gain confidence in your organization.
  5. It avoids any future failures, which can also help the company to save money as repairing or maintaining can be more expensive towards the later development stages.
  6. It allows you to have a product or software application, which performs effectively.
  7. It simply is required in order for you to stay in business.

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