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It's not all black and white: Box testing

It's not all black and white: Box testing

From the course: Understanding Manual Testing

It's not all black and white: Box testing

- [Instructor] The terms black-box and white-box testing have been around for years. And while their view of the test world is somewhat antiquated, they remain steadfast tools to approaching a quality project. Moreover, both forms contain key procedures for manual testing in a project. While both act is a framework, there are many specific techniques where a manual approach is necessary. Sometimes these are very complicated tests that dig deep into the software's operation. Sometimes the technique evaluates trivial, superficial functionality, however, both are essential for learning the integrity of the software. In both instances, manual and automated processes are used. As noted, both forms of testing employ techniques for executing evaluation of the software. In both white box and black box, a technique is a tool designed to evaluate key components of the product and system to see if it meets the product…

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