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Come up with a better name for "functional testing"? #1240

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MichaelClerx opened this issue Nov 16, 2020 · 3 comments
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Come up with a better name for "functional testing"? #1240

MichaelClerx opened this issue Nov 16, 2020 · 3 comments

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_testing#Functional_vs_non-functional_testing

Functional vs non-functional testing

Functional testing refers to activities that verify a specific action or function of the code. These are usually found in the code requirements documentation, although some development methodologies work from use cases or user stories. Functional tests tend to answer the question of "can the user do this" or "does this particular feature work."

Non-functional testing refers to aspects of the software that may not be related to a specific function or user action, such as scalability or other performance, behavior under certain constraints, or security. Testing will determine the breaking point, the point at which extremes of scalability or performance leads to unstable execution. Non-functional requirements tend to be those that reflect the quality of the product, particularly in the context of the suitability perspective of its users.

With this definition from wikipedia, I'd say it falls into the non-functional category?

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"Performance" is also an ambiguous term, so perhaps unit testing, speed-testing, and reliability-testing?

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Although this sounds good again: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_testing

@MichaelClerx MichaelClerx changed the title Come up with a better name for "functional testing" Come up with a better name for "functional testing"? Nov 16, 2020
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