Activity 2: Summary and next steps

Great work on completing Activity 2. As we conclude the activity, let’s take a moment to recap the key points we’ve covered about test levels and test types.

You learned that there are four primary test levels:

1. Unit testing
2. Integration testing
3. System testing
4. Acceptance testing

These levels help structure the testing process and ensure a comprehensive evaluation of the software.

You also learned about functional testing, which focuses on validating the software’s functions, and non-functional testing, which evaluates performance, usability and security aspects.

As you have seen, functional and non-functional testing are crucial for ensuring software quality and balancing functional and non-functional testing helps deliver a reliable, efficient and secure software product.

Next steps

Building on the learning from this activity, the next key concept to understand is the differences between the key techniques in software testing, known as static and dynamic testing. You will explore these in the next activity.

Don’t forget the discussions

Don’t forget to participate in the forum discussions by sharing your findings from the active learning tasks and engaging in conversations with your peers.

These discussions will deepen your understanding of the testing concepts and help you learn from others’ experiences.