Chapter 8

Regression Testing

8.1 WHAT IS REGRESSION TESTING?

 

Doctor: Congratulations! The stomach ulcer that was bothering you and preventing digestion is now completely cured!

Patient: That is fine, doctor, but I have got such a bad mouth ulcer that I can't eat anything. So there is nothing to digest!

 

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Software undergoes constant changes. Such changes are necessitated because of defects to be fixed, enhancements to be made to existing functionality, or new functionality ...

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