Introduction to Software Testing

Introduction to Software Testing

This course is part of Software Testing and Automation Specialization

Instructors: Sanjai Rayadurgam

What you'll learn

You will gain an understanding of the theory of testing.
You will practice writing tests for a variety of quality intent, including code coverage, defect finding, and statistical testing.
You will develop test plans to guide the testing stage of the software development lifecycle.
You will create defect reports to provide transparency and understanding to supervisors, colleagues, and users.

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There are 4 modules in this course

After completing this course, you will have an understanding of the fundamental principles and processes of software testing. You will have actively created test cases and run them using an automated testing tool. You will being writing and recognizing good test cases, including input data and expected outcomes.

After completing this course, you will be able to… - Describe the difference between verification and validation. - Explain the goal of testing. - Use appropriate test terminology in communication; specifically: test fixture, logical test case, concrete test case, test script, test oracle, and fault. - Describe the motivations for white and black box testing. - Compare and contrast test-first and test-last development techniques. - Measure test adequacy using statement and branch coverage. - Reason about the causes and acceptability of and poor coverage - Assess the fault-finding effectiveness of a functional test suite using mutation testing. - Critique black-box and white-box testing, describing the benefits and use of each within the greater development effort. - Distinguish among the expected-value (true), heuristic, consistency (as used in A/B regression), and probability test oracles and select the one best-suited to the testing objective. - Craft unit and integration test cases to detect defects within code and automate these tests using JUnit. To achieve this, students will employ test doubles to support their tests, including stubs (for state verification) and mocks (for behavioral verification) (https://martinfowler.com/articles/mocksArentStubs.html). This course is primarily aimed at those learners interested in any of the following roles: Software Engineer, Software Engineer in Test, Test Automation Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Software Developer, Programmer, Computer Enthusiast. We expect that you should have an understanding of the Java programming language (or any similar object-oriented language and the ability to pick up Java syntax quickly) and some knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle.

In this module, you will be introduced to the basics of testing, especially the variety of terminology to be used through the rest of the course.

What's included

6 videos1 reading5 assignments1 programming assignment2 discussion prompts

6 videosTotal 66 minutes

Welcome to the Software Testing and Automation! 2 minutesPreview module
Introduction12 minutes
Why is software testing challenging?11 minutes
What is a Test?6 minutes
Automation: Using a test framework11 minutes
Automation: Writing JUnit tests21 minutes

1 readingTotal 5 minutes

Welcome to the course!5 minutes

5 assignmentsTotal 150 minutes

Overview30 minutes
On the difficulty of software testing30 minutes
What is a Test?30 minutes
Automation: Using a Test Framework30 minutes
Automation: Writing JUnit Tests30 minutes

1 programming assignmentTotal 180 minutes

Building Unit Tests180 minutes

2 discussion promptsTotal 20 minutes

On coverage testing10 minutes
On Test-Driven Development10 minutes

In this module, you will investigate a variety of testing principles, models of testing, and types of systematic testing strategies.

What's included

8 videos8 assignments2 discussion prompts

8 videosTotal 57 minutes

Dependability Definitions15 minutesPreview module
Testing Principles5 minutes
Testing Principles: Where12 minutes
Testing Principles: How8 minutes
The "V Model" of Software Development4 minutes
Validation and Verification in the "V Model"3 minutes
Structural Testing3 minutes
Mutation Testing3 minutes

8 assignmentsTotal 218 minutes

On Basic Testing Terminology, Dependability, and Testing Principles30 minutes
Dependability Quiz30 minutes
Testing Principles: Where30 minutes
Testing Principles: How30 minutes
The V-Model Quiz8 minutes
Validation and Verification in the "V-Model" Quiz30 minutes
Structural Testing30 minutes
Mutation Testing30 minutes

2 discussion promptsTotal 20 minutes

Testing Principles: Why?10 minutes
Testing: Commonality vs. Specificity10 minutes

In this module, you will learn about the social aspects of testing. We will learn about test plans, testing status reports, and defect reporting.

What's included

10 videos10 assignments1 peer review

10 videosTotal 49 minutes

What is a test plan?4 minutesPreview module
Importance of a Good Test Plan5 minutes
Stages of Software Testing Process2 minutes
Test (Status) Reports3 minutes
Risk-based Test Planning5 minutes
Software Defect Reports2 minutes
Software Defect Reports: Analysis3 minutes
Software Defect Reports: Reporting3 minutes
Software Defect Reports: Report Content15 minutes
Software Defect Reports: Track, Retest, and Close3 minutes

10 assignmentsTotal 240 minutes

What is a Test Plan?30 minutes
Importance of a Good Test Plan30 minutes
Stages of Software Testing Process30 minutes
Test (Status) Reports0 minutes
Risk Based Test Planning0 minutes
Software Defect Reports30 minutes
Software Defect Reports: Analysis30 minutes
Software Defect Reports: Reporting30 minutes
Software Defect Reports: Report Content30 minutes
Software Defect Reports: Track, Retest, and Close30 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 180 minutes

Building a test plan180 minutes

In this module, you will learn about writing unit tests and gain practice in writing these tests through three coding assignments, each with additional testing sophistication.

What's included

5 videos3 assignments3 programming assignments

5 videosTotal 77 minutes

Test Doubles: Introduction11 minutesPreview module
Test Doubles: Input18 minutes
Test Doubles: Output14 minutes
Assessing Adequacy and Code Coverage Analysis with JaCoCo9 minutes
Flakey Tests and How to Avoid Them22 minutes

3 assignments

Test Doubles: Introduction0 minutes
Test Doubles: Input0 minutes
Test Doubles: Output0 minutes

3 programming assignmentsTotal 540 minutes

Writing Unit Tests for the Coffee Maker180 minutes
Checking Coverage with JaCoCo180 minutes
Adding Mocks and Stubs180 minutes

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Sanjai Rayadurgam

University of Minnesota

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Reviewed on Sep 8, 2021

Quite challenging yet very educating course. The practice assignments are very good hands-on example and provides insight into testing

Reviewed on Jan 20, 2022

Course itself is very good. Minus one star for assignments where without forum help you are not capable to gain 10/10, even though tests are successful on your Pc

Reviewed on Jan 3, 2021

Expected knowledge of programming and use of Eclipse is more than I expect for this course. I cannot find where I can donwload the sources mentioned in the week 4 videos.

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