Static Testing

Static Testing is a type of software testing where the software is not actually used, this is in contrast to Dynamic Testing. It is genrally not detailed testing, but it checks mainly for the sanity of the code, algorithm or document. it is primarily systax checking of the code and manually reading of the code or document to find errors. This type of testing can be used by the developer who has written the code, in isolation. here Code Reviews, inspections and walkthroughs are also used.

when we think from black box tesing point, Static tesing involves review of requirements and specifications. this is done with an eye toward completeness for the task at hand, this is actually the verification portion of verification and validation.

Even Static Testing Can be automated, as this suite consists in programs to be analized by an interpreter/compiler that asserts the programs syntactic validity. Bugs discovered at this stage of development are less expensive to fix then in the later development cycle.

Related Topics:

• Black Box Testing
• Identifying Performance Acceptance Criteria
• Types of Performacne Testing
• Why software performance Testing Required
• Plan and Design Test
• Code Review
• Dynamic Testing