{"id":287,"date":"2019-12-03T11:43:22","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T06:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/http:\/\/artoftesting.com\/\/?p=287"},"modified":"2021-05-24T13:29:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T07:59:24","slug":"alpha-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoftesting.com\/alpha-testing","title":{"rendered":"Alpha Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Content<\/p>\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/artoftesting.com\/alpha-testing\/#Alpha_Testing_Definition\" title=\"Alpha Testing Definition\">Alpha Testing Definition<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/artoftesting.com\/alpha-testing\/#Features_of_Alpha_Testing\" title=\"Features of Alpha Testing\">Features of Alpha Testing<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/artoftesting.com\/alpha-testing\/#Advantages\" title=\"Advantages\">Advantages<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Alpha_Testing_Definition\"><\/span>Alpha Testing Definition<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Alpha testing is a type of\u00a0<strong>User Acceptance Testing<\/strong>\u00a0or internal acceptance testing conducted by the testing team at the\u00a0<strong>developer&#8217;s site<\/strong>. This is done\u00a0to ensure that the application&#8217;s business requirements are met before releasing it to the client or the end-user. It is carried out in the later phase of software development using both <a href=\"http:\/\/artoftesting.com\/black-box-testing\">black box<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/artoftesting.com\/white-box-testing\">white box testing<\/a> techniques.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Features_of_Alpha_Testing\"><\/span>Features of Alpha Testing<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is performed by testing professionals, unlike beta testing which is performed by potential users.<br><br><\/li><li>It is performed at the developer&#8217;s site.<br><br><\/li><li>It involves both black boxes as well as white box testing techniques.<br><br><\/li><li>It is carried out in a closely monitored testing environment.<br><br><\/li><li>It has a longer testing cycle as compared to beta testing.<br><br><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Advantages\"><\/span>Advantages <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Since it is a form of acceptance testing, so it helps in validating the application with the business requirements.<br><br><\/li><li>As the testing takes placed in a controlled testing environment, the defect can be reproduced easily.<br><br><\/li><li>Defect resolution is faster in Alpha testing as compared to beta testing.<br><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>That&#8217;s all I have in this tutorial, Please share it with your friends. <strong>Check out the complete software testing tutorial here.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><a href=\"http:\/\/artoftesting.com\/software-testing-tutorial\">Software Testing Tutorial<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alpha Testing Definition Alpha testing is a type of&nbsp;User Acceptance Testing&nbsp;or internal acceptance testing conducted by the testing team at the&nbsp;developer&rsquo;s site. 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