Concise Guide to Software Testing (Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science)
Authors: Gerard O’Regan
ISBN-10: 303028493X
ISBN-13: 9783030284930
Edition 版本: 1st ed. 2019
Released: 2019-10-01
Print Length 页数: 293 pages
Book Description
This practically-focused textbook provides a concise and accessible introduction to the field of software testing,explaining the fundamental principles and offering guidance on applying the theory in an industrial environment.
Topics and features: presents a brief history of software quality and its influential pioneers,as well as a discussion of the various software lifecycles used in software development; describes the fundamentals of testing in traditional software engineering,and the role that static testing plays in building quality into a product; explains the process of software test planning,test analysis and design,and test management; discusses test outsourcing,and test metrics and problem solving; reviews the tools available to support software testing activities,and the benefits of a software process improvement initiative; examines testing in the Agile world,and the verification of safety critical systems; considers the legal and ethical aspects of software testing,and the importance of software configuration management; provides key learning topics and review questions in every chapter,and supplies a helpful glossary at the end of the book.
This easy-to-follow guide is an essential resource for undergraduate students of computer science seeking to learn about software testing,and how to build high quality and reliable software on time and on budget. The work will also be of interest to industrialists including software engineers,software testers,quality professionals and software managers,as well as the motivated general reader.
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1Fundamentals of Software Quality
2 Fundamentals of Software Engineering
3 Fundamentals of Software Testing
4Static Testing
5 Software Test Planning
6Test Case Analysis and Design
7 Test Execution and Management
8 Test Outsourcing
9 Test Metrics and Problem-Solving
10 Software Testing Tools
11Test Process Improvement
12 Testing in the Agile World
13 Verification of Safety-Critical Systems
14 Legal,Ethical,and Professional Aspects of Testing
15 Configuration Management
16Epilogue
Glossary
Index
