Beginning your testing adventure

One of the first steps in the testing process is planning. If you don't know what you'll be testing, then how would you know what results to expect?

Let's break the testing process down into a few simple steps and make it as efficient as possible. Going by these steps will make the process of managing your project simpler as well. It's good to keep a record of your testing. When something does go wrong, and you missed it, you can easily go back to your testing data and evaluate what could have caused the problem to arise.

There are different types of testing. Test-driven development is a well-known approach to the development process. Here is a simple diagram that explains the workings of test-driven development or TDD:

Step 1 – planning

Know what you want to test, and know what results you expect from each test. Defining tests, and the results for the tests, is the best way to get accurate test data.

Define each test with a set of...