Difference between integration testing and system testing?

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  anuragh27crony

  ok ...nice question.....
  
  Intergration Testing : In every application we intially implement small Sub-functionalities and integrate those...to make it a big fuctionality...
  
  So main purpose of testing here is to check whether the integration is done correctly and verifying dependencies between the small sub-functionalities
  
  Note: need not be sub-functionality at times we do it when we integrate 2 or more applications
  
  
  System Testing : Here in application is viewed in terms of Fuctionalities...... we see Complete functionality as whole...we never consider the sub-functionalities.....
  
  So we test the flow of the system which means verifying the functionality of system
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  sriramchandrk

  First let me start with Unit testing
  
  Unit testing: It is carried out by developer as and when he is creating a part of code etc.,
  He will isolate his part of code from main system and just test if that part works fine.
  For example if he has written a small function addUser()
  Instead of running the whole software and testing if addUser is working,
  he just creates a small stub for testing.
  He comments the name main! and creates a new main
  Like this
  main()
  {
  //testing addUser
  addUser("Sri", 100);
  }
  
  sees if it works fine.
  
  System test: It is set of test carried out by test engineer against the software(system) developed by developer.
  1. He just considers a system as a black-box.
  2. He uses the specification document and prepare a test specification document.
  3. and finally test system to confirm if itworks as specified. !
  
  
  Integration Test:
  This is done at various levels,
  - For example a developer will test if system works fine once addUser is added to complete system.
  - If there are 2 systems interacting with each other,
  then checking if they are working fine after the change or if they are working fine. (means messages exchanged are still hounoured!)
  Ex> Suppose there are two different programs
  1. One will generate logs are write to a log file.
  2. One will display logs on screen using the log file.
  They both should confirm to some format so that what ever is written by one will be understood by other.
  
  In integration testing we just see if both together are working fine.
  
  I think this will give a fair idea about the 3 types of test.
  
  Please comment, may be i am not completely correct.
  
  Thanks & Regards
  Sriram
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  Wow! Very good replies, @ anuragh & sriram! 😀 You guys rock!
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  sriramchandrk

  Thank You,
  
  But Please ignore spelling mistakes, it usually happens when i type very fast.
  Can you please integrate a spell check! I cant use the current spell check as i cant install/download anything in office!.
  
  Regards
  Sriram
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  durga ch

  hi sriram
  
  
  thats correct...
  
  the flow of any project goes like
  1. solution designer designs the Detailed functional specifications which include actaul functional specification, interface contracts and solution designs for each sub system
  2.the developer needs to develop exaclty whats mentioned in document and
  they perform system testing for thier own system ..
  3. once the systems are developed, simultaneoulsy interfaces are developed as well.
  4, While the interfaces are still under developmental stage, system testing can still proceed by using various pseudo interfaces and pseudo systems.They are caled as stubs which replicate the actul functionality of the remaining systems
  
  for eg: if A and B are two systems but B is still being developed,, A need not wait,, they replcate the functionality of B in A and verify A behaviour
  
  once B is ready a complete test from A to B happens this is System Integration testing.
  
  for eg: You are intraoducing new VoIP services, then testing right from the raising of an order from provisioning system to the call ruoting till customer premises is called end to end system integrated testing.
  
  Also, there is one more kind of testing knwon as Regression,, which defines the characteristics . ie we preform regression testing to see that the old functionality is not disturbed. This is doen at both ystem level and integration level.
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  anuragh27crony

  thanks Biggie :smile:
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  YourTechMate

  Integration Testing
  If you need to know how your code modules behave when put together ? If you want to test the interfaces of different code modules of your project which individual unit testing cud not test ?
  Integration testing or String Testing usually involves testing the programs for a particular kind of complete transaction.
  
  System testing
  The basic difference in integration testing and system testing is about its approach and scale. In system testing the basic code level knowledge of various modules is not required. Also the most popular approach of system testing is Black Box testing.
  So, Just to sum up, system testing consumes all of the "integrated" software modules that cleared integration testing and also the software system itself.The thought behind performing integration testing is to identify and issues between different code modules that are integrated together.System testing aims to detect defects both within the integrated modules and also within the system as a whole single unit.
  
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