Summary

It is not so much that objects construct an application that influences how it is tested, but that the technologies encapsulate and deploy these applications. The granularity of the packaging and the dynamic nature of assembling the executable code both affect the types of tests that need to be executed.

The seemingly endless array of tests that could be run must be trimmed to the set that should be run using the functional priorities of the project, as indicated by the use profile, and the level of quality desired, as indicated by the levels of coverage proposed in the project test plan.

What we have tried to do in this chapter is to touch on several application characteristics and attributes that affect testing and to describe briefly a testing technique associated with each. Finally, we have discussed the relationship of coverage to the types of impact that defects will have on the application.