{"id":5308,"date":"2011-10-12T12:20:58","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T12:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/integration-testing\/"},"modified":"2012-09-26T15:02:45","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T15:02:45","slug":"integration-testing","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/7751\/integration-testing","title":{"rendered":"Integration Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_integration_testing_mean\">What Does Integration Testing Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Integration testing is a software testing methodology used to test individual software components or units of code to verify interaction between various software components and detect interface defects. Components are tested as a single group or organized in an iterative manner. After the integration testing has been performed on the components, they are readily available for system testing.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_integration_testing\">Techopedia Explains Integration Testing<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Integration is a key software development life cycle (SDLC) strategy. Generally, small software systems are integrated and tested in a single phase, whereas larger systems involve several integration phases to build a complete system, such as integrating modules into low-level subsystems for integration with larger subsystems. Integration testing encompasses all aspects of a software system&#8217;s performance, functionality and reliability.<\/p>\n<p>Most unit-tested software systems are comprised of integrated components that are tested for error isolation due to grouping. 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