Book : Introduction To Software Testing - Ammann, Paul

-Titulo Original : Introduction To Software Testing

-Fabricante :

Cambridge University Press

-Descripcion Original:

This extensively classroom-tested text takes an innovative approach to explaining software testing that defines it as the process of applying a few precise, general-purpose criteria to a structure or model of the software. The book incorporates cutting-edge developments, including techniques to test modern types of software such as OO, web applications, and embedded software. This revised second edition significantly expands coverage of the basics, thoroughly discussing test automaton frameworks, and it adds new, improved examples and numerous exercises. The theory of coverage criteria is carefully and cleanly explained to help students understand concepts before delving into practical applications, while extensive use of the JUnit test framework gives students practical experience in a test framework popular in the industry. Exercises, meanwhile, feature specifically tailored tools that allow students to check their own work. The books website also offers an instructors manual, PowerPoint slides, testing tools for students, and example software programs in Java. Review Review of the first edition: I think this is a great testing book, both from academic and industrial perspectives. I believe Ammann and Offutts book will become the testing textbook of choice. There are a lot of testing books out there, some better than others. Most are narrow in the topics they cover and the level of detail they present. In stark contrast, Ammann and Offutts book has the advantage of presenting concepts and techniques that cover the broad range of languages and platforms used in practice by industry and academia. Theirs is one of the most thorough and practical testing books ever published. Roger Alexander, Washington State University Review of the first edition: … well written, logically organized, and provides excellent examples as well as useful course materials (such as homework assignments and quizzes) … greatly facilitates the teaching and learning process. I plan to … use the Ammann and Offutt text [again] … students … complimented the book in their student evaluations (a very rare occurrence) … [it] provides an excellent high level as well as detailed presentation of topics that are often difficult for students to master, such as control flow graph coverage, data flow graph coverage (including all-defs, all-uses, all-du-paths criteria), graph coverage for use cases, logic coverage (predicate coverage, clause coverage) [and] syntax-based testing … In particular, the logic coverage chapter took very complex concepts and made them understandable for the students. Also, the examples that appear in the book are very useful and are highly representative of what our students run into after they graduate and land jobs as developers and/or testers. Jane Hayes, University of Kentucky Review of the first edition: This software testing textbook creatively uses only four models to capture current software testing techniques helping students, researchers, and practitioners to deeply grasp these techniques from an abstract, systematic perspective. The textbook provides excellent balance between theory and practice! Tao Xie, North Carolina State University Review of the first edition: This is a great book for learning software testing. The clear terminology definitions and comprehensive examples provide an easy way to master the software testing techniques … for people who work in or [are] prepar[ing] to enter the software testing field, this book is definitely what you need in your hand. Ling Liu, ETH Zurich Review of the first edition: Where has this book been all these years? [It] reminds me why I wanted to study software testing in graduate school: testing touches on all the interesting theoretical/engineering models/representations for software. Arthur Reyes, University of Texas, Arlington Review of the first edition: These two leading researchers provide an excellent exposition of the rec