Background to Static Techniques

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Static testing techniques are those techniques that test software without executing the code. This includes both the testing of work-products other than code, typically requirements or specification documents, and the testing of code without actually executing it. The first of these is known as a review and is typically used to find and remove errors and ambiguities in documents before they are used in the development process, thus reducing one source of defects in the code; the second is known as static analysis, and it enables code to be analyzed for structural defects or systematic programming weaknesses that may lead to defects.

Reviews are normally completed manually, static analysis is normally completed automatically using tools.

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Background to Static Techniques
Software Testing Reviews Test Process
Static Analysis By Tools

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