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Software Testing Strategies

Software Testing Strategies

By : Matthew Heusser, Michael Larsen
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Software Testing Strategies

Software Testing Strategies

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By: Matthew Heusser, Michael Larsen

Overview of this book

In today’s world, software is everywhere—from entertainment apps to mission-critical systems that support our health, finance, and infrastructure. Testing plays a vital role in ensuring these systems work reliably. Whether you're a software developer, hobbyist, or IT professional, this book will guide you in mastering the art of testing. It’s about asking the right "What if?" questions, uncovering vulnerabilities, and ensuring software performs as expected throughout its lifecycle. Testing isn't just about automation; it’s a human-driven, creative process that requires skill, and a deep understanding of software behavior. With practical examples and expert insights, this book helps you craft your own test strategies and explore novel approaches to problem-solving in the testing world. With its help, you’ll hone your testing skills with techniques and methodologies rather than tool-based solutions. Authored by experts Matt Heusser and Michael Larson, the book provides valuable strategies for making testing both effective and engaging. Matt is known for his leadership in project rescue initiatives, while Michael’s work in accessibility testing has helped shape industry standards. By the end of this book, you’ll be equipped to enhance your testing practices and ensure high-quality software in an ever-evolving tech landscape.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
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Part 1:The Practice of Software Testing
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Part 2:Testing and Software Delivery
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Part 3:Practicing Politics

Test Data Management

Throughout our introduction, we talked about testing software: send this input, run this transformation, and expect this output. We talked about the state that the software is in, such as viewing the home page, but not the state of the data.

Consider, for example, testing adding a page with some text, followed by searching. The first time you run the test, everything works, but the second time, you get an error that the page already exists. You fix that by making the page unique, and the next time you run it, there is a different error – the number of search results has changed. Or, you may store user details, including their birthday, in the database, and after their birthday, all of a sudden the calculation for auto insurance costs is incorrect. We call this the test data management problem. This chapter is about how to solve it.

By the end of this chapter, you will have learned a variety of techniques to create, store, edit, delete, and restore...

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