What is exact difference between test bed and test harness?

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sravanthi

  • Jun 21st, 2006
 

A tool that supports automated testing of a module or small group of modules

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sravanthi

  • Jun 21st, 2006
 

test harness is the group of unit tests that you have
written to test all your code.

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Guest

  • Jun 26th, 2006
 

Test bed means prepared test cases to execute on the application/build.

test harness means combination of test environment, test bed

dileep kumar

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A testbed is a platform for experimentation for large development projects. They allow rigorous testing of scientific theories and new technologies.The term is used across many disciplines to describe a development environment that is shielded from the hazards of testing in a live or production environment.Setting up the Hardware and software requirements (Environment) before start testing is known as test Bed.In software testing, a test harness is a collection of software and test data configured to test a program unit by running it under varying conditions and monitor its behavior and outputs. It has two main parts namely, Test execution engine and the test script repository.

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nagarjunareddyyiza

  • Oct 11th, 2006
 

TEST BED: IT'S AN ENVERONIMENT WHICH CONTAINS S/W,H/W ,INSTRUCTIONS AND THE ELEMENTS THAT SUPPORT THE EXCUTION OF  THE TEST

TEST HARNESS: IT MEENS A SYSYETM TEST DRIVERS AND OTHER SUPPORTING TOOLS  TO EXECUTE THE TEST.

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In software testing, a test harness or automated test framework is a collection of software and test data configured to test a program unit by running it under varying conditions and monitor its behavior and outputs. It has two main parts: the test execution engine and the test script repository.

Test harnesses allow for the automation of tests. They can call functions with supplied parameters and print out and compare the results to the desired value. The test harness is a hook to the developed code, which can be tested using an automation framework.

A test harness should allow specific tests to run (this helps in optimising), orchestrate a runtime environment, and provide a capability to analyse results. A test harness is a testing work product modeling a software tool that automates the testing process by running test suites of test cases.

The typical objectives of a test harness is to: -
Automate the testing process. -
Execute test suites of test cases. -
Generate associated test reports.

A test harness typically provides the following benefits: -
Increased productivity due to automation of the testing process. -
Increased probability that regression testing will occur. -
Increased quality of software components and application.


Whereas Test Bed is all the supported H/W, S/W, environment which should be prepared to carry out the test. For eg if we have to test a website on different environment then we must have different browsers installed to execute the application on them. This is test bed.

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