...'front end testing' and 'back end testing'

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Answer by pd
Submitted on 5/24/2005
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Front hand testing is basically GUI testing or GUI functional testing. Backend testing involves databases or any backend storage.It's basically testing data while travelling from front to back end or in back end to back end only. For ex. If you enter soem data in front end application and it is getting stored on some database then you have to test it whether it is storing correctly-you can do it by writting sql queries/scripts. Also if application is not front end (GUI) for ex. developer is creating soem table using /joining 40 different input/source tables then tester has to test it..in this case also tester has to write queries to validate source and target data between those table using sql scripts. I hope this will help to clear your confusion between front and back end testing.

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Question by qb
Submitted on 2/5/2004
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what is 'front end testing' and 'back end testing'

Answer by bondy
Submitted on 2/9/2004
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This isn't a textbook answer but in casual environments, I've found that people mean black box functional,and interface testing when they refer to the front end. Backend testing seems to be used to refer to any number of things such as white box testing, or simply lower level testing sans GUI if applicable. These terms aren't formalized and should not be used in test plans. Refer to a good template to find the proper terms to use in place of "front-end" and "back-end" testing.

Answer by Gomes
Submitted on 3/15/2004
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Front end testing is testing GUI and functionality Back-end focuses on data stored in the database

Answer by prasad
Submitted on 3/19/2005
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FRONT END Testing is verifying the functionality,GUI and Usability. BACK END Testing is Verifying that how the application interact with database,interface communication.

Answer by prasad
Submitted on 3/19/2005
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FRONT END Testing is verifying the functionality,GUI and Usability. BACK END Testing is Verifying that how the application interact with database,interface communication.

Answer by shem
Submitted on 7/10/2005
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i am asking you what is front end testing and what is back end testing?

Answer by Trinadh
Submitted on 10/3/2005
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Front end testing: Testing the application from the user perspective, it consists of functionality, usability, GUI and verification and validation. Back end testing: Testing the application from the logical storage of the data. validating the storage data with the UI. Checking the functionality of the database, to verify the functionality of the database.

Answer by jai jagadeesha
Submitted on 11/24/2005
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Front end testing related to how the applicaton looks Back end testing related to how we are related to validating the data that is stored in database.

Answer by bhavi
Submitted on 9/20/2006
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what do you mean by backend testing?what do we really do there?

Answer by mka
Submitted on 10/27/2006
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Functional testing can be carried out (needs to be carried out) at both from end as well as back end. Some complex applications like Telecom OSS needs separate teams to test individual layers of software and one special team to test all the layers joined up together called end to end team. Any team which works on testing layers below the first layer may be termed as back-end testing.

Answer by abhay
Submitted on 3/3/2007
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front end testing mean is testing GUI command for database like Add, Delete, Update. backend testing means is stored procudere will be executed & which intrup update table records.

Answer by sam
Submitted on 4/23/2007
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Backend Testing means testing the application for related data base which involves various databases.

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