Software testing an important process

The main reason for software testing is to remove the flaws in the software and make it user friendly before marketing. This in turn improves the quality of the software. India is playing a major role in the development and testing of software. This testing process improves the reliability, efficiency, portability, usability etc. of the software being tested. This also makes the software compatible and secure.

The demand for software professionals has been high in the last two decades and the profession of software testing is no exception. The software testing companies and institutes employ a large number of software professionals and fresher to cope up with the demand. They also train these personnel thoroughly before actually using them in the organization with a view to prevent any mistake being committed by them during software testing.

The main role of the software testing companies is to assist the developers of the software to improve the quality of their product.  This is mainly done by giving feedback regarding any weakness or defect found in the software. The process of software testing can be compared to any examination conducted by universities or similar institutions. Normally such examinations are followed by a report card detailing the performance of the student. On the same lines the process of software testing results in a true and fair report card indicating the fitness of the software for marketing. Based on the test reports many companies have been able to rectify the faults and failures of their software. This has improved their credibility, sales and profits. After rectifying all the defects found during testing green signal is given to the software company to market the product. Because of increase in computers usage and software requirements, software testing requirements continue to increase thereby giving a great future for software testing companies.

From the above it can be seen that it is highly essential for the software companies to put their product for testing to meet the requirement of the customers. Nowadays the computers are used in various fields and they require software specific to their needs. Basically these are application software which requires to be written specifically for that application or industry category. For example, scientific applications and research development have complex calculations which depend more on fast number crunching. Other applications are more of data processing which is used for storage and retrieval of data, MIS etc. Some areas application software are popular are personnel management, material management, production planning and control, financial applications, asset management, gaming software etc. Tally is one such software used extensively by financial professionals in India. In short, one can say that software is written to satisfy the customer needs.