The Art of Software Testing (Business Data Processing: A Wiley Series) - Hardcover

Myers, Glenford J.; Sandler, Corey; Badgett, Tom; Thomas, Todd M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471469122 ISBN 13: 9780471469124

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2004

Synopsis

This long–awaited revision of a bestseller provides a practical discussion of the nature and aims of software testing. You′ll find the latest methodologies for the design of effective test cases, including information on psychological and economic principles, managerial aspects, test tools, high–order testing, code inspections, and debugging. Accessible, comprehensive, and always practical, this edition provides the key information you need to test successfully, whether a novice or a working programmer. Buy your copy today and end up with fewer bugs tomorrow.

About this title

About the Author

GLENFORD J. MYERS is currently Director of Spectrum Signals. He is a former senior staff member of IBM’s Systems Research Institute, as well as the former CEO and founder of RadiSys Corporation.

TOM BADGETT is Chief Information Officer for IdleAire Technologies Corporation and manages a team of software developers who design and maintain sophisticated, real–time billing and customer support systems for this national firm. He has published more than fifty books on software and hardware and has served as technical editor for PCjr Magazine and Digital News. He has written hundreds of articles for major computer–oriented magazines.

TODD M. THOMAS is a professional software developer and database administrator with over nine years of experience. His career has exposed him to all sizes of software projects for both the private and government sectors. He has also authored Java Data Access, a book on how to use Java technology to leverage enterprise data stores.

COREY SANDLER is President of Word Association, a developer of computer, science, business, and travel books for many of the country’s largest publishing companies. He is the author of the bestseller Fix Your Own PC, and a former editorial director and editor in chief of Digital News. He has also served as New York bureau chief for PC Week and first executive editor of PC Magazine.

From the Back Cover

Practical, up–to–date tactics and techniques for successful, efficient testing:

• Basic testing principles and strategies
• Program inspections and walkthroughs
• Code inspections
• Error checklists
• Peer ratings
• Black– and white–box testing
• Error guessing
• Top–down vs. bottom–up testing
• Higher–order testing
• Function and system testing
• Acceptance testing
• Installation testing
• Module (unit) testing
• Test planning and control
• Independent testing agencies
• Debugging principles
• Error analysis
• Extreme Testing
• Testing Internet applications
• Higher–order testing of e–commerce architectures

From the Inside Flap

When this book was first published in 1979, software testing was far from an exact science. Considered the "dark art" of software development, it was a little–understood process without a set of standard principles.Twenty–five years later, testing hasn t really changed but The Art of Software Testing has.

In addition to all the major software testing topics such as higher–order testing, white– and black–box testing, debugging, code inspections, and walkthroughs this fully updated Second Edition features up–to–date information on testing twenty–first–century software projects, including vital Internet–based e–commerce applications, as well as details on Extreme Testing, which supports the widely used Extreme Programming development methodology.

Just like the first edition, this revision fills the gaps in the professional literature and provides a practical, rather than theoretical, discussion of the purpose, nature, and principles of proper testing. While the book focuses on methodologies for the design of effective test cases, it also covers the psychological and economic issues that are essential to a full understanding of program testing.

Many programming students enter the workforce without the proper understanding of software testing. This book covers all the essential topics for those students, but also provides all the detail and precision that working programmers might need during the testing phase. Appropriate for programmers and students at any level, The Art of Software Testing, Second Edition presents all the latest new ideas and techniques many illustrated with helpful examples. Comprehensive and always practical, this essential guide includes code–inspection checklists, a self–assessment test, and other resources programmers need for effective testing and fewer bugs.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471469122
• ISBN 13: 9780471469124
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256