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id: functional-testing
title: What is Functional Testing ?
sidebar_label: Functional testing
description: This glossary has an explanation of all the terminologies that beginners find difficult to understand at first glance.
title: Functional Testing: Definition, Best Practices & Benefits
sidebar_label: Functional Testing
description: Discover functional testing, its role in API testing, best practices, challenges, and key benefits for improving software quality and performance.
tags:
- explanation
- Glossary
keywords:
- API
- Function Testing
- Best Practices
- Challenges & Benefits
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## What is functional Testing?

Functional testing is a type of software testing that verifies that the software system or application behaves according to the specified functional requirements and meets the intended business needs. It focuses on ensuring that the system's features, capabilities, and interactions with different components work as expected.

Functional testing is typically performed by providing the software with input data and then checking the output data to see if it matches the expected results. This can be done manually or using automated testing tools.

## Types of Funtional Testing
## Types of functional Testing

![types of testing](../../../../../static/img/glossary/ft.png)


There are many different types of functional testing, including:

### 1. Unit Testing
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By maintaining stable software over time, regression testing prevents unwanted side effects from updates.

## What Do You Test in Functional Testing?
## What do we test in functional Testing?

### 1. User Interface (UI)

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- The integrity and consistency of data is maintained across different functions.
- Transactions and error handling work as expected.

## How to Perform Functional Testing:
## What are the steps to perform Functional Testing?

### 1. Understand the Requirements
Before jumping into testing, you need a clear understanding of the functional requirements. These requirements serve as the benchmark for what the software is supposed to do. Review user stories, use cases, and requirement documents thoroughly. If you’re using a tool like JIRA or Asana, extract the requirements for each feature you're going to test.
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- **Frequent validation**: Tests run automatically with every code commit or pull request.
- **Early detection**: Bugs can be caught early before they make it to production.

## Functional Testing - FAQ
## Conclusion

Despite the challenges, functional testing is an important part of the software testing process. By following good functional testing practices, you can help to ensure that the software system meets the specified requirements and meets the intended business needs.


## Frequently Asked Questions

### 1. What is Functional Testing?
**Functional testing** is a type of testing that ensures software behaves according to its specified requirements. It focuses on verifying that the features and functionalities of the application work as expected.
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### 5. What is the difference between Functional Testing and Non-Functional Testing?
- **Functional Testing** focuses on verifying that the application works according to the specified functional requirements.
- **Non-Functional Testing** focuses on performance, usability, reliability, and other non-functional aspects of the software.

## Conclusion

Despite the challenges, functional testing is an important part of the software testing process. By following good functional testing practices, you can help to ensure that the software system meets the specified requirements and meets the intended business needs.

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