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... but they cover only two ofthe four decision outcomes (both of them cover path abe and, hence, not exercise the true outcome ofthe first decision and the false outcome ofthesecond decision) The ... test-case-design methodologies and then 43 44 TheArtofSoftwareTesting supplementing these test cases by examining the logic ofthe program, using white-box methods The methodologies discussed in ... TYPE” and not bother to examine the remainder ofthe input 56 TheArtofSoftwareTesting An Example As an example, assume that we are developing a compiler for a subset ofthe FORTRAN language,...
... For 66 TheArtofSoftwareTesting instance, perhaps the MTEST program ofthe previous section fails if the product ofthe number of questions and the number of students exceeds some limit (the ... records 19 The above student is the first student in the file 64 TheArtofSoftwareTesting 20 The above student is the last student in the file 21 A student has two answer records, but there is ... DISPLAY 77F-407A displays the words containing the bytes in the address range 775407A, DISPLAY 77F.6 74 TheArtofSoftwareTesting displays the words containing the six bytes starting at location 77F,...
... about the order of entries in EMPTAB and DEPTTAB The function ofthe 102 TheArtofSoftwareTesting module is to increment the salary (EMPTAB.SALARY) of those employees in the department or departments ... effects 92 through 97 should be absent 88 TheArtofSoftwareTestingThe most difficult aspect ofthe technique is the conversion ofthe graph into the decision table This process is algorithmic, ... incremental testing is used The reason is that combina- 108 TheArtofSoftwareTesting tions of modules are tested together at an early point in time However, if nonincremental testing is used,...
... exist until the last module is added 119 120 TheArtofSoftwareTesting Performing the Test The remaining part ofthe module test is the act of actually carrying out the test A set of hints and ... description ofthe format ofthe reports.) Hence, no examples of function tests are presented in this section 130 TheArtofSoftwareTesting Many ofthe guidelines of Chapter also are particularly ... advantages of top-down testing become the disadvantages of bottom-up testing, and the disadvantages of topdown testing become the advantages of bottom-up testing Because of this, the discussion of bottom-up...
... total number of errors in the program An estimate of what percentage of these errors can feasibly be found through testing 150 TheArtofSoftwareTesting An estimate of what fraction ofthe errors ... in the computing industry Compounding the problem is the fact that thetesting process falls at the end ofthe development cycle, meaning that resource changes are 146 TheArtofSoftwareTesting ... program testing is of interest to you, research the concept of inductive assertions The goal of this method is the development of a set of theorems about the program in question, the proof of which...
... repairing the symptoms ofthe error, or just one instance ofthe error, rather than the error itself If the pro- 172 TheArtofSoftwareTesting posed correction does not match all the clues about the ... discussed in Chapter Ofthe 38 test 166 TheArtofSoftwareTesting cases identified by the process of cause-effect graphing, we start by running four test cases As part ofthe process of establishing ... displays 16 bytes of memory, 168 TheArtofSoftwareTesting which is consistent with our hypothesis that the “11” is being treated as a base-10 value Hence, the refined hypothesis is that the program...
... plenty of errors The importance of rooting out the errors in an Internet application cannot be understated As a result ofthe openness and accessi193 194 TheArtofSoftwareTesting bility ofthe ... Stores 196 TheArtofSoftwareTestingThe Web server represents the first tier in the three-tier architecture and houses the Website The look and feel of an Internet application comes from the first ... variety of developers and businesses, you can see that configuring a testing environment provides one of 198 TheArtofSoftwareTestingthe most challenging aspects of e-commerce development Testing...
... Security testing, 137 Serviceability testing, 142 Sieve of Eratosthenes, 190 Software development, vs testing, 127 Software development cycle, 123, 124 Software documentation, 125 Software errors: ... 125 Software objectives, external specification, 124 Software prediction, 140 Software proving, 140 Software reliability engineering (SRE), 140 Software requirements, 125 Index Software testing: ... testingofthe application with large volumes of data to determine whether the application can handle the volume of data specified in its objectives Volume testing is not the same as stress testing...
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