Integration Testing Outline

Integration Testing

Outline

• What is Integration Testing?
• Why Do We Need Integration Testing?
• Types of Integration Testing
• How to Do Integration Testing?

Software Testing

What Is Integration Testing?

What Is Integration Testing?

• INTEGRATION TESTING is defined as a type of testing where software modules are integrated logically and tested as a group.
• Software project --> multiple software modules, coded by different programmers.
• The purpose of integration testing is to expose defects in the interaction between these software modules when they are integrated.
• Integration Testing focuses on checking data communication amongst these modules. 

Example

• Login and sign up features in an e-commerce app;
• We view them as separate units.
• If we check the ability to log in or sign up after a user adds items to their basket and wants to proceed to the checkout, we check the integration between these two functionalities.

What Is Integration Testing?

• Integration testing is performed using the black box method.
• This method implies that a testing team interacts with an app and its units via the user interface – by clicking on buttons and links, scrolling, swiping, etc.
• They don’t need to know how code works or consider the backend part of the components.

Example of Integration Test Case

Test Case ID	Test Case Objective	Test Case Description	Expected Result
1	Check the interface link between the Login and Mailbox module	Enter login credentials and click on the Login button	To be directed to the Mail Box
2	Check the interface link between the Mailbox and Delete Mails Module	From Mailbox select the email and click a delete button	Selected email should appear in the Deleted/Trash folder

Mail Box: Check its integration to the Delete Mails Module.