Editing White-box testing (section)

== Basic procedure ==
White-box testing's basic procedures require the tester to have an in-depth knowledge of the source code being tested. The programmer must have a deep understanding of the application to know what kinds of test cases to create so that every visible path is exercised for testing. Once the source code is understood then it can be analyzed for test cases to be created. The following are the three basic steps that white-box testing takes in order to create test cases:

# Input involves different types of requirements, functional specifications, detailed designing of documents, proper source code and security specifications.{{cn|date=November 2019}} This is the preparation stage of white-box testing to lay out all of the basic information.
# Processing involves performing risk analysis to guide whole testing process, proper test plan, execute test cases and communicate results.{{Cn|date=November 2019}} This is the phase of building test cases to make sure they thoroughly test the application the given results are recorded accordingly.
# Output involves preparing final report that encompasses all of the above preparations and results.{{Cn|date=November 2019}}