Testing Computer Software

by Cem Kaner, Jack Falk, Hung Q. Nguyen

This book will teach you how to test computer software under real-world conditions. The authors have all been test managers and software development managers at well-known Silicon Valley software companies. Successful consumer software companies have learned how to produce high-quality products under tight time and budget constraints. The book explains the testing side of that success.

Who this book is for:
* Testers and Test Managers
* Project Managers-Understand the timeline, depth of investigation, and quality of communication to hold testers accountable for.
* Programmers-Gain insight into the sources of errors in your code, understand what tests your work will have to pass, and why testers do the things they do.
* Students-Train for an entry-level position in software development.

What you will learn:
* How to find important bugs quickly
* How to describe software errors clearly
* How to create a testing plan with a minimum of paperwork
* How to design and use a bug-tracking system
* Where testing fits in the product development process
* How to test products that will be translated into other languages
* How to test for compatibility with devices, such as printers
* What laws apply to software quality

Genres: Programming, Nonfiction, Technology, Software, Computer Science, Technical, Computers

496 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Cem Kaner is a Professor of Software Engineering at Florida Institute of Technology, and the Director of Florida Tech's Center for Software Testing Education & Research (CSTER) since 2004. He is perhaps best known outside academia as an advocate of software usability and software testing.

Prior to his professorship, Kaner worked in the software industry beginning in 1983 in Silicon Valley "as a tester, programmer, tech writer, software development manager, product development director, and independent software development consultant." In 1988, he and his co-authors Jack Falk and Hung Quoc Nguyen published what became, at the time, "the best selling book on software testing," Testing Computer Software. He has also worked as a user interface designer.

In 2004 he cofounded the non-profit Association for Software Testing.

Reviews

[Oxana Udodova · Rating 3 out of 5]

Только как история и оч давняя теория

[Dmitry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Книга о том, как организовывать процесс тестирования при разработке ПО каскадным методом. Несколько устарела, но кое-что почерпнуть можно.

[Sergey Badulin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Хороший обзор деятельности тестировщиков разных уровней с конкретными приемами работы. Некоторые главы можно пропустить (тестирование печати и т.п.)