tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post1319513961175945772..comments2024-02-22T05:36:59.121-05:00Comments on Test This Blog - Eric Jacobson's Software Testing Blog: Let’s Make Up Our Minds! PUT, SUT, or AUT?Eric Jacobsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08216361684596485033noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-25959146491407873902012-07-17T06:08:35.426-04:002012-07-17T06:08:35.426-04:00S could also stand for "Stuff". "St...S could also stand for "Stuff". "Stuff Under Test" sure beats "Thingy Under Test" (TUT). :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-38466657049296688752012-06-10T04:24:55.834-04:002012-06-10T04:24:55.834-04:00PUT? Surely a product manager made this up?
If we...PUT? Surely a product manager made this up?<br /><br />If we are being pedantic, SUT should win hands down. Yes, an application could be a sub system, but a sub system is also a system. SUT is also used by organisation such as ISTQB throughout their views on software testing to removing confusion from the subject matter. Given their prominence in the industry you would expect the use of SUT to be the norm. <br /><br />However, in my experience, AUT is used primarily when we are talking about functional, performance, or acceptance testing, and SUT when talking about integration testing, I guess this is a natural way to, again, remove confusion from what our test target actually is.thecodedetectivehttp://codedetective.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-40460733060497947432012-06-08T12:37:40.576-04:002012-06-08T12:37:40.576-04:00Cool search stats, Patryk!
Yeah, I agree with the...Cool search stats, Patryk!<br /><br />Yeah, I agree with the distinction you make between AUT and SUT. You will always have a AUT but not always have a SUT. Dammit! You just convinced me to change my mind. I've gone full circle, if you look at all my old posts on this blog, I used to use AUT.<br /><br />Sigh....Eric Jacobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08216361684596485033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8951904624959546499.post-53854373901414352512012-06-08T05:45:24.220-04:002012-06-08T05:45:24.220-04:00How about MUT? Module under test.. no only kiddin&...How about MUT? Module under test.. no only kiddin'<br /><br />No, seriously System and Application are not synonyms. A system can be made of multiple applications. You can have<br />- a fairly narrow test that targets only one application (which could in fact be considered as a sub-system, I agree)<br />- or a broader intergration test that targets a whole system within or without its environment.<br /><br />I agree PUT is crap, never even heard that one. But, with "scopes" in mind, I see AUT as a meanigful distinction to SUT.<br /><br />"application under test" - 437,000 results<br />"system under test" - 1,250,000 results<br />"product under test" - 470,000 resultsp19zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08419067013886107148noreply@blogger.com