Software Testing and Maintenance

Information

Course Overview

1. An understanding of

   • The principles of testing

   • The principles of test automation

   • Advanced testing issues

2. Experience in

   • Applying the principles in an automated test environment

Course Objectives

• Be able to:

  • describe the principles of software testing

  • describe and compare testing techniques describe and compare testing techniques

  • select test techniques and design test cases

  • design and implement automated tests

  • evaluate test coverage

  • describe and evaluate testing in the software development process

Reference Material

• Main text:

  • Software Testing: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition

• Reference books (library/online):

  • Software Testing [Roper]

  • The Art of Software Testing [Myers]

  • Testing OO Systems [Binder]

Important Course Notes

Class Sessions

• Wednesday from 12:00pm- 1:30pm [Group CS-4] @Hall 1.

Office Hours

• Monday from 8:30am - 1:30pm

Grading Criteria

• Attendance - 12.5%

• Midterm Exam - 37.5%

• Assignments - 2 x 25% 

Late assignments and make-up

• Assignments submitted after the due date will not be accepted. 

Lab & Workshops

• Software Tools:

  • Eclipse IDE

    • TestNG (Unit Testing)

    • EclEmma (Code Coverage Tool)

  • Automates browsers

    • Selenium

Social Group

• Facebook group