Software Testing: A Craftsman's Approach, Second Edition

By Paul C. Jorgensen and Byron DeVries

Book Overview

The software development world has changed significantly in the past five years. Noteworthy among its many changes is the emergence of the "Unified Modeling Language" (UML) as an industry standard. While thousands of software computer professionals and students continue to rely upon the bestselling first edition of Software Testing, the time has come to bring it up to date. Thoroughly revised, the second edition of Software Testing: A Craftsman's Approach reflects the recent growth and changes in software standards and development. Outdated material has been deleted and new topics, figures, case studies now complement its solid, accessible treatment of the mathematics and techniques of software testing. Foremost among this edition's refinements is the definition of a generalized pseudocode that replaces the outdated Pascal code used in the examples. The text is now independent of any particular programming language. The author has also added five chapters on object-oriented testing, incorporated object-oriented versions of two earlier examples, and used them in the chapter on object-oriented testing, which he completely revised with regard to UML. In addition, GUI testing receives full treatment. The new edition of Software Testing provides a comprehensive synthesis of the fundamentals, approaches, and methods that form the basis of the craft. Mastering its contents will allow practitioners to make well-informed choices, develop creative solutions, and ultimately derive the sense of pride and pleasure that a true craftsperson realizes from a job well done.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849308097
• ISBN13: 9780849308093
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 359 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

Thoughtful Examination of Software Testing

Software testing, being one of life's most bewitching pursuits creates challenges for its practioners. Constantly caught in an identity crisis (not development, not sales,) software testing suffers from lack of appreciation. This book helps guide testing in a direction that is more professional and thoughtful toward the subject.

Surprisingly readable, excellent reference.

This book is so readable, it becomes almost fun to learn about this dry subject. Of all the testing books I've seen, this is my prime reference for all the basic analytic test techniques. If you want to master the testing craft, it's worth the money to get this book.

Best Overall Coverage of Software Testing

This book does the best job of bringing the reader up-to-date on software testing practices. For the academics, it has references to the seminal books and articles and so deepen the understanding of a technique. For the practitioners, it gets to the meat very quickly, summarizes benefits and drawbacks, and illustrates use. It is THE text I use with students and coworkers entering this area of software process. Good work, Paul.

Useful and clear introduction

There are few good introductions to software testing on the market. This is definitely one of them. The book's presentation of domain testing is particularly clear, better than anything else that I've seen in print. I recommend the book highly.

The book presents a good logical view of testing.

I skipped through the first half of the book, as it covers basic computer science. What caught my attention was the development of the operational thread concept. Operational threads being a conceptual sequence of events, activity, and data that describe how the software should work. The book shows what they are, and how to use them to develop regression tests and other test forms. The down side is the use of the term "thread". It creates confusion with the "thread" used by operating systems.