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Types of manual testing

Types of manual testing

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Types of manual testing

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- [Instructor] Manual testing is a complicated system designed to assess every aspect of a product, from its concept to its ultimate release. Here we are reviewing the most typical types of manual testing. However, each of these have their own subtypes that delve into specific areas of the software. The point is, these are more tied to the product state. They are specifically aligned with the stage of the product, and at each of those stages you'll be accomplishing specific quality tests. Functional testing is the first and most foundational approach in manual testing. It's effectively inputting data into a module of the software and noting its output. You don't focus on the how or why the application operates, you just check to make sure the results are in line with what you expect. There are dozens of kinds of functional tests that a manual tester will perform, but at their core, they all exist to ensure the software is…

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