... TheArtofSoftwareTestingSecondEditionGlenfordJMyers Revised and Updated by Tom Badgett and Todd M Thomas with Corey Sandler John Wiley & Sons, Inc TheArtofSoftwareTestingTheArt ... such that the student is exposed to the subject ofsoftwaretesting at an early time in his or her education GlenfordJMyers Tom Badgett Todd M Thomas Corey Sandler TheArtofSoftwareTesting ... Therefore, we will start our discussion ofsoftwaretesting with these issues before we delve into the more technical nature ofthe topic The Psychology ofTesting One ofthe primary causes of...
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... For 66 TheArtofSoftwareTesting instance, perhaps the MTEST program ofthe previous section fails if the product ofthe number of questions and the number of students exceeds some limit (the ... 19 The above student is the first student in the file 64 TheArtofSoftwareTesting 20 The above student is the last student in the file 21 A student has two answer records, but there is just ... DISPLAY 77F-407A displays the words containing the bytes in the address range 775407A, DISPLAY 77F.6 74 TheArtofSoftwareTesting displays the words containing the six bytes starting at location 77F,...
... about the order of entries in EMPTAB and DEPTTAB The function ofthe 102 TheArtofSoftwareTesting module is to increment the salary (EMPTAB.SALARY) of those employees in the department or departments ... effects 92 through 97 should be absent 88 TheArtofSoftwareTestingThe most difficult aspect ofthe technique is the conversion ofthe graph into the decision table This process is algorithmic, ... incremental testing is used The reason is that combina- 108 TheArtofSoftwareTesting tions of modules are tested together at an early point in time However, if nonincremental testing is used,...
... exist until the last module is added 119 120 TheArtofSoftwareTesting Performing the Test The remaining part ofthe module test is the act of actually carrying out the test A set of hints and ... description ofthe format ofthe reports.) Hence, no examples of function tests are presented in this section 130 TheArtofSoftwareTesting Many ofthe guidelines of Chapter also are particularly ... system testing is the most difficult testing process The leftmost arrow in the figure, comparing the program to Figure 6.4 The system test 132 TheArtofSoftwareTesting its objectives, is the...
... total number of errors in the program An estimate of what percentage of these errors can feasibly be found through testing 150 TheArtofSoftwareTesting An estimate of what fraction ofthe errors ... in the computing industry Compounding the problem is the fact that thetesting process falls at the end ofthe development cycle, meaning that resource changes are 146 TheArtofSoftwareTesting ... program testing is of interest to you, research the concept of inductive assertions The goal of this method is the development of a set of theorems about the program in question, the proof of which...
... repairing the symptoms ofthe error, or just one instance ofthe error, rather than the error itself If the pro- 172 TheArtofSoftwareTesting posed correction does not match all the clues about the ... discussed in Chapter Ofthe 38 test 166 TheArtofSoftwareTesting cases identified by the process of cause-effect graphing, we start by running four test cases As part ofthe process of establishing ... Classical software processes still work, but often take too much time, which equates to lost income in the competitive arena ofsoftware development 177 178 TheArtofSoftwareTestingThe XP model...
... of errors The importance of rooting out the errors in an Internet application cannot be understated As a result ofthe openness and accessi193 194 TheArtofSoftwareTesting bility ofthe Internet, ... Stores 196 TheArtofSoftwareTestingThe Web server represents the first tier in the three-tier architecture and houses the Website The look and feel of an Internet application comes from the first ... affects the system very little The types of tests you run depend on the architecture 212 TheArtofSoftwareTesting You should also consider database recovery as equally important The objective of...
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... ordered by question number, showing the percentage of students answering each question correctly (End of specification.) TheArtofSoftwareTesting - SecondEdition Página 47 Simpo Chapter 4: ... instance, perhaps the MTEST program ofthe previous section fails if the product ofthe number of questions and the number of students exceeds some limit (the program runs out of memory, for example) ... substituted) Underlined operands represent the default values (i.e., the value used when the operand is omitted) TheArtofSoftwareTesting - SecondEdition Página 54 Simpo Chapter 4: Test-Case...
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... produced at the exact point ofthe error, so it doesn’t show the program’s state at the point ofthe error Program actions between the time ofthe dump and the time ofthe error can mask the clues ... to program testing, this seems to be the one part ofthesoftware production process that programmers enjoy the least These seem to be the main reasons: • • • • Your ego may get in the way Like ... the symptoms ofthe error, or just one instance ofthe error, rather than the error itself If the proposed correction does not match all the clues about the error, you may be fixing only a part...
... presented the 12 practices ofthe XP process, how does a typical XP project flow? Here is a quick example of what you might find if you worked on an XP-based project: TheArtofSoftwareTesting - Second ... harness, the resultant Java application will consist of a single class, check4Prime, with the following definition: TheArtofSoftwareTesting - SecondEdition Página 130 Simpo Chapter 8: Extreme Testing ... not have time to create the tests because the application must meet a deadline These are valid concerns, but they are easily addressed TheArtofSoftwareTesting - SecondEdition Página 126 Simpo...
... check4Prime check4PrimeTest.java Requires the JUnit API, junit.jar To compile: TheArtofSoftwareTesting - SecondEdition Página 145 Simpo Appendix A: Sample Extreme Testing Application PDF Merge ... updating, or querying of data from the RDBMS Measuring the response time simply consists of determining how TheArtofSoftwareTesting - SecondEdition Página 141 Simpo Chapter 9: Testing Split Unregistered ... testing into the regression -testing process as well Numerous tools exist that can automate the process of verifying links and checking for missing files TheArtofSoftwareTesting - Second Edition...
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