Difference Between Functional and Non-Functional Testing

Functional Testing:  

  • Functional testing is a type of software testing in which the system is tested against the functional requirements and specifications.  
  • Functional testing ensures that the requirements or specifications are properly satisfied by the application.  
  • This type of testing is particularly concerned with the result of processing. 
  •  It is basically defined as a type of testing which verifies that each function of the software application works in conformance with the requirement and specification.  
  • This testing is not concerned about the source code of the application 
  •  Each functionality of the software application is tested by providing appropriate test input, expecting the output and comparing the actual output with the expected output.   
  • It is based on expectations of customer. 
  • Different types of functional testing are: 

1. Unit Testing 
2. Smoke Testing 
3. Integration Testing 
4. Regression Testing 

Non-functional Testing:  

  •  Non-Functional testing is a type of software testing that is performed to verify the non-functional requirements of the application.  
  • It verifies whether the behavior of the system is as per the requirement or not.  
  • It tests all the aspects which are not tested in functional testing. 
  • Non-functional testing is defined as a type of software testing to check non-functional aspects of a software application.  
  • It is designed to test the readiness of a system as per nonfunctional parameters which are never addressed by functional testing. 
  • It verifies the behavior of an application. 
  • It is based on expectations of customer. 
  • Different types of functional testing are:

1. Performance Testing 
2. Load Testing 
3. Stress Testing 
4. Scalability Testing 

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