Questions about Happy Path

[Blue26]

Hello,

I was wondering what is "Happy Path" meant in the world of software testing?

[thsueh]

In the software testing world, happy path means to test the software just like a normal user. For example, we are testing the login part of a software program, the login requires an account name and a password. The happy path for this testing is to find out whether the system would accpet the correct account name and correct password that a normal user would enter.