Chapter 7, "Testing the Software with X-Ray Glasses," teaches you how you
can improve your testing by leveraging information you gain by reviewing the
code - or being able to see it execute while you run your tests.
4 Examining the Specification 53
Getting Started 53
Black-Box and White-Box Testing 55
Static and Dynamic Testing 56
Static Black-Box Testing: Testing the Specification 56
Performing a High-Level Review of the Specification. 57
Pretend to Be the Customer. 57
Research Existing Standards and Guidelines 58
Review and Test Similar Software 59
Low-Level Specification Test Techniques 60
Specification Attributes Checklist 60
Specification Terminology Checklist 61
Summary. 61
Quiz 62
5 Testing the Software with Blinders On 63
Dynamic Black-Box Testing: Testing the Software While
Blindfolded 64
Test- to-Pass and Test-to-Fail 66
Equivalence Partitioning 67
Data Testing 70
Boundary Conditions 70
Sub-Boundary Conditions 75
Default, Empty, Blank, Null, Zero, and None 77
Invalid, Wrong, Incorrect, and Garbage Data 78
State Testing. 79
Testing the Software's Logic Flow 80
Testing States to Fail 84
Other Black-Box Test Techniques 87
Behave Like a Dumb User 87
Look for Bugs Where You've Already Found Them 88
Think like a Hacker 88
Follow Experience, Intuition, and Hunches 88
Summary 89
Quiz 89
6 Examining the Code 91
Static White-Box Testing: Examining the Design and Code 91
Formal Reviews 92
Peer Reviews 94
Walkthroughs 95
Inspections 95
Coding Standards and Guidelines 96
Examples of Programming Standards and Guidelines 96
Obtaining Standards 98
Generic Code ReView Checklist 99
Data Reference Errors 99
Data Declaration Errors 100
ComputatIon Errors 101
Comparison Errors 101
Control flow errors 102
Subroutine Parameter Errors 102
Input/Output Errors 102
Other Checks 103
Summary
Quiz
7 Testing the Software with X-Ray Glasses 105
Dinamic White-Box Testing 106
Dinamic White-Box Testing versus DebuggIng 107
Testing the Pieces 108
Unit and integration testing 109
An Example of Module testing 111
Data Coverage 113
Data Flow 114
Sub-Boundaries 115
Formulas and Equations 115
Error Forcing 116
Code coverage 118
Program Statement and Line Coverage 118
Branch Coverage 119
Condition Coverage 120
Summary
Quiz
part3 Applying Your testing Skills
8 Configuration testing 125
9 Compatibility testing 141
10 Foreign-language testing 153
11 Usability testing 169
12 Testing the documentation 183
13 Testing for software security 193
14 Website testing 211
part4 Supplementing Your Testing
15 Automated testing and test tools 231
16 Bug bashes and beta testing 253
part5 Working with test documentation
17 Planning your test effort 263
18 Writing and tracking test cases 277
19 Reporting what you find 291
20 Measuring your success 313
part6 The future
21 Software quality assurance 329
22 Your career as a software tester 343
Software Testing. by Patton, Ron. Sams Publishing, 2000 and 2006.
This is the best book for beginners who would like to know what software testing is all about. Software Testing is written in an easy to understand language. There is also a quiz at the end of each chapter, making the book more valuable.
Ron Patton is a software consultant living in Washington State. His software test experience is wide and varied from mission critical systems to painting programs for kids. In 1992 he joined Microsoft as a Software Test Lead in the Systems Group for Multimedia Viewer, the authoring tool and multimedia display engine used by Encarta, Cinemania, and Bookshelf. He moved on to become the Software Test Manager of the Kids Product Unit. Most recently, he was the Software Test Manager of the Microsoft Hardware Group responsible for the software shipped with the mouse, keyboard, gaming, telephony, and ActiMates product lines.
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Software Testing by Ron Patton, Second Edition provides practical insight into the world of software testing and quality assurance. Learn how to find problems in any computer program, how to plan an effective test approach and how to tell when software is ready for release. Updated from the previous edition in 2000 to include a chapter that specifically deals with testing software for security bugs, the processes and techniques used throughout the book are timeless. This book is an excellent investment if you want to better understand what your Software Test team does or you want to write better software.
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