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... covers the workhorse of debugging, the breakpoint, discussing all the ins and outs—setting, delet-ing, and disabling breakpoints; moving from one breakpoint to the next;viewing detailed information ... effectivelydisplay the information of interest each time the program pauses. And wexii Prefacewww.it-ebooks.info GDBGDB THE ART OF DEBUGGING WITH GDB, DDD,AND ECLIPSE THE ART OF DEBUGGING WITH GDB, ... command:(gdb) clear 30Now run the program again, in GDB:32 Chapter 1www.it-ebooks.info 1.3.3 Other Debugging PrinciplesStart smallAt the beginning ofthedebugging process, you should run...
... sections ofthe pro-gram, helping to focus more attention on these sections during the computer-based testing processes (one ofthetesting principles of Chapter 2).26 TheArtofSoftware Testing 01.qxd ... definition oftesting that is, the assumption that testing is the process of showing that the program functions correctly.Once again, the definition oftesting is the process of executing aprogram ... consist of two components:1. A description ofthe input data to the program.2. A precise description ofthe correct output ofthe programfor that set of input data.14 TheArtofSoftware Testing 01.qxd...
... point ofsoftware isn’t necessarily to engross your users inthe experience of using the software, it is to keep them focused on the ultimate goals they’re trying to accomplish in using the software, ... amount of attention to the fourth wall. They attempt to keep the audience in a constant state of high engagement through theartof good lmmaking. Theartof lmmaking helps them build and maintain ... determined by the accumulation of all the various aspects ofthe UX while using the software. Design issues tend to weigh dispro-portionately on the user’s impression ofthe trustworthiness of the...
... sections ofthe pro-gram, helping to focus more attention on these sections during the computer-based testing processes (one ofthetesting principles of Chapter 2).26 TheArtofSoftware Testing 01.qxd ... consist of two components:1. A description ofthe input data to the program.2. A precise description ofthe correct output ofthe programfor that set of input data.14 TheArtofSoftware Testing 01.qxd ... amount of creativity.SummaryAs you proceed through this book, keep in mind these three impor-tant principles of testing: ã Testing is the process of executing a program with the intent of finding...
... Testing 123Function Testing 129System Testing 130Facility Testing 133Volume Testing 133Stress Testing 134Usability Testing 135Security Testing 137Performance Testing 137Storage Testing ... software testing. They, too, took a moretransient approach to the topic.Myers’s TheArtofSoftware Testing, on the other hand, gave the industry a long-lasting, foundational guide to one ofthe ... Compatibility/Configuration/Conversion Testing 138Installability Testing 139Reliability Testing 139Recovery Testing 141Serviceability Testing 142Documentation Testing 142Procedure Testing 142Performing the System...
... state-ment inthe following PL/1 program:34 TheArtofSoftware Testing 01.qxd 4/29/04 4:32 PM Page 34 supplementing these test cases by examining the logic ofthe pro-gram, using white-box ... administrator of the process. The administrator, in turn, selects approximately 6 to 20 par-ticipants (6 is the minimum to preserve anonymity). The participants40 TheArtofSoftware Testing 01.qxd ... two other properties:1. It reduces, by more than a count of one, the number of othertest cases that must be developed to achieve some predefinedgoal of “reasonable” testing. 52 TheArtof Software...
... expression inthe program were60 TheArtofSoftware Testing 01.qxd 4/29/04 4:32 PM Page 60 instance, perhaps the MTEST program ofthe previous section fails if the product ofthe number of questions ... Software Testing 01.qxd 4/29/04 4:32 PM Page 58 displays the words containing the six bytes starting at location 77F,andDISPLAY 50FF-ENDdisplays the words containing the bytes inthe address ... linked with the E constraint, as shown in Figure 4.10.70 TheArtofSoftware Testing Figure 4.8Constraint symbols.01.qxd 4/29/04 4:33 PM Page 70 Figure 4.14Complete cause-effect graph of...
... initial step in structuring thetestingof a large program: module testing. Chapter 6 discusses the remaining steps.Module testing (or unit testing) is a process oftestingthe individ-ual ... module testing eases the task ofdebugging (the process of pinpointing andcorrecting a discovered error), since, when an error is found, it isknown to exist in a particular module. Finally, module testing ... doing this are threefold. First, module testing is a way of managing the combined elements of testing, since attention isfocused initially on smaller units ofthe program. Second, moduletesting...
... use them are tested.Bottom-up Testing The next step is to examine the bottom-up incremental testing strategy. For the most part, bottom-up testing is the opposite of top-down testing; the advantages ... advantages of top-down testing become the disadvantages of bottom-up testing, and the disadvantages of top-down testing become the advantages of bottom-up testing. Because of this, the discussion of ... bottom-up testing is shorter. The bottom-up strategy begins with the terminal modules in the program (the modules that do not call other modules). After these116 TheArtofSoftware Testing 02.qxd...
... processingtime—which is frequently the case if thesoftware is accessinga remote system—then a message should be displayedinforming the user of what is going on.136 TheArtofSoftware Testing 02.qxd ... challenge in planning, monitoring, and controlling thetesting process. In fact, the problem is so enormous that we could devote an entire book to just the management ofsoftware testing. The intent of ... formal instruction exist on the process of debugging. Although this is a book about software testing, not debugging, the two processes are obviously related. Ofthe two aspects of debugging, locating...
... expected. Debugging by Testing The last “thinking type” debugging method is the use of test cases.This probably sounds a bit peculiar since the beginning of this chap-ter distinguishes debugging from testing. ... more than the cost of initially anticipating and coding the requirement. Finally,182 TheArtofSoftware Testing 03.qxd 4/29/04 4:37 PM Page 182 Extreme Testing 181continuous testing principle ... on the task at hand, adding value to a software prod-178 TheArtofSoftware Testing 03.qxd 4/29/04 4:37 PM Page 178 Debugging Principles In this section, we want to discuss a set of debugging...
... and performing code reviews.200 TheArtofSoftware Testing 03.qxd 4/29/04 4:37 PM Page 200 bility ofthe Internet, competition inthe business-to-consumer arenais intense. Thus, the Internet ... test against.Business Layer Testing Business layer testing focuses on finding errors inthe business logic of your Internet application. You will find this layer very similar to test-ing stand-alone ... veryquickly. The planning for recovery begins in obtaining valid backups.If you cannot recover the database during recoverability testing, thenyou need to modify your backup plan.212 TheArtof Software...
... process of executing a program, or a discrete programunit, with the intent of finding errors.top-down testing. A form of incremental module testingin which the initial module is tested first, then ... part ofthetesting cycleto detect errors. Usually a group of people act as a “computer” toprocess a small set of test cases.white-box testing. A type oftestingin which you examine the inter-nal ... certain workloads orconfigurations.random-input testing. The processes oftesting a program by ran-domly selecting a subset of all possible input values.security testing. A form of system testing...
... itself. Therefore, we will start our discussion ofsoftware testing with these issues before we delve into the more technical nature ofthe topic. The Psychology ofTesting One ofthe primary ... Within the body ofthe DO loop is a set of nested IF statements. Determining the number of unique logic paths is the same as determining the total number of unique ways of moving from point ... exercises.” So, the purpose of this updated edition ofTheArtofSoftwareTesting is the same as it was in 1979: to fill these knowledge gaps for the professional programmer and the student of computer...