Monkey Testing - Definition & Why Do We Need It?

Monkey testing is an approach of software testing in which the user test application or software by providing random inputs to check the behavior of an application.

Now, consider a scenario where a monkey is given a computer system with the keyboard. We are not expecting the Monkey to use the system as a software professional in this condition. Monkey will start hitting the keyboard keys many numbers of times and may input any combination of characters without knowing the correct input which should be given to the system application. Testers also perform monkey testing in the same way without any specific plan.

One more thing to be noticed about monkey testing is that it’s a new approach of testing announced in the market and do not have any proper recognition in the industry regarding their processes or tools but maybe in upcoming time, it will start getting more importance. In order to crack the system, we can use an automated technique to do monkey testing. We can also use these testing concepts in stress testing to break the system by adding invalid inputs to the system. It is more useful when normal testing had completed.

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