2.4. Summary

As you proceed through this book, keep in mind these three important principles of testing:

  • Testing is the process of executing a program with the intent of finding errors.

  • A good test case is one that has a high probability of detecting an as yet undiscovered error.

  • A successful test case is one that detects an as yet undiscovered error.

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