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diff --git a/usth/ICT2.7/P4L2 Black-Box Testing Subtitles/11 - Why Not Random Testing? - lang_en_vs4.srt b/usth/ICT2.7/P4L2 Black-Box Testing Subtitles/11 - Why Not Random Testing? - lang_en_vs4.srt deleted file mode 100644 index a91af45..0000000 --- a/usth/ICT2.7/P4L2 Black-Box Testing Subtitles/11 - Why Not Random Testing? - lang_en_vs4.srt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,143 +0,0 @@ -1 -00:00:00,310 --> 00:00:02,250 -So then maybe what we can do is just to - -2 -00:00:02,250 --> 00:00:05,720 -pick our test inputs randomly so to do what is called - -3 -00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:08,850 -random testing. And what that means is that we pick the - -4 -00:00:08,850 --> 00:00:11,720 -inputs to test just as we pick a number by rolling - -5 -00:00:11,720 --> 00:00:15,410 -a set of dice randomly. And this will have several advantages. - -6 -00:00:15,410 --> 00:00:18,780 -First, we will pick inputs uniformly. So if we use a - -7 -00:00:18,780 --> 00:00:21,790 -uniform distribution as the basis for our random testing, we will - -8 -00:00:21,790 --> 00:00:25,540 -make no preferences. In other words, all inputs will be considered - -9 -00:00:25,540 --> 00:00:28,324 -equal, of equal value. And what that means in turn, is - -10 -00:00:28,324 --> 00:00:32,640 -that random testing eliminates designer bias. So what does designer bias - -11 -00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,030 -mean? Designer bias is the problem of making the same assumption, - -12 -00:00:36,030 --> 00:00:38,570 -when we read the specification and we interpret it and when we - -13 -00:00:38,570 --> 00:00:42,100 -develop test cases. Which means that the developer might develop code, - -14 -00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:44,930 -assuming a given behavior of the user. And we may write - -15 -00:00:44,930 --> 00:00:47,520 -tests, making the same assumptions. And the problem, of course, is - -16 -00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:50,690 -even worse if it's the same person that develops the code and - -17 -00:00:50,690 --> 00:00:53,730 -writes the test cases. With random testing, the problem is gone, - -18 -00:00:53,730 --> 00:00:57,440 -because we just pick randomly what our inputs will be. So - -19 -00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,180 -why not do in random? The problem is that when testing, - -20 -00:01:00,180 --> 00:01:03,610 -we are looking for a needle in a haystack. Actually, multiple - -21 -00:01:03,610 --> 00:01:06,620 -needles in multiple haystacks, if we want to be precise. So, - -22 -00:01:06,620 --> 00:01:09,500 -random approaches are not necessarily the best way to go about - -23 -00:01:09,500 --> 00:01:12,430 -it, because we might just be looking in all the wrong - -24 -00:01:12,430 --> 00:01:15,760 -places. So let me show you this, using a different representation - -25 -00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:18,000 -for the haystack. What I'm showing here is a grid, and - -26 -00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:22,130 -imagine this grid just expanding indefinitely outside the screen, and this grid - -27 -00:01:22,130 --> 00:01:26,120 -represents the domain for the program, so each box in the grid, - -28 -00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:29,050 -each square in the grid, it's a possible input. So what happens - -29 -00:01:29,050 --> 00:01:32,670 -with bugs is that bugs are very scarce in this grid. Maybe - -30 -00:01:32,670 --> 00:01:35,070 -there is a bug here, so that means that there is a - -31 -00:01:35,070 --> 00:01:38,090 -bug, than an input, in this point we'll reveal. And maybe there - -32 -00:01:38,090 --> 00:01:40,820 -is another bug that will be triggered by an input over here. - -33 -00:01:40,820 --> 00:01:44,570 -So imagine this spread out over this infinite grid. Its very unlikely - -34 -00:01:44,570 --> 00:01:47,440 -that just by picking randomly that we will be able to get to - -35 -00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:50,910 -these two points. Fortunately not all is lost, there is a silver lining. - -36 -00:01:50,910 --> 00:01:53,410 -So we need to look a little more in depth into this grid. |