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Pragmatic Software Testing: Becoming an Effective and Efficient Test Professional
A hands-on guide to testing techniques that deliver reliable software and systems
Testing even a simple system can quickly turn into a potentially infinite task. Faced with tight costs and schedules, testers need to have a toolkit of practical techniques combined with hands-on experience and the right strategies in order to complete a successful project. World-renowned testing expert Rex Black provides you with the proven methods and concepts that test professionals must know. He presents you with the fundamental techniques for testing and clearly shows you how to select and apply successful strategies to test a system with budget and time constraints.
Black begins by discussing the goals and tactics of effective and efficient testing. Next, he lays the foundation of his technique for risk-based testing, explaining how to analyze, prioritize, and document risks to the quality of the system using both informal and formal techniques. He then clearly describes how to design, develop, and, ultimately, document various kinds of tests. Because this is a hands-on activity, Black includes realistic, life-sized exercises that illustrate all of the major test techniques with detailed solutions.
Testing even a simple system can quickly turn into a potentially infinite task. Faced with tight costs and schedules, testers need to have a toolkit of practical techniques combined with hands-on experience and the right strategies in order to complete a successful project. World-renowned testing expert Rex Black provides you with the proven methods and concepts that test professionals must know. He presents you with the fundamental techniques for testing and clearly shows you how to select and apply successful strategies to test a system with budget and time constraints.
Black begins by discussing the goals and tactics of effective and efficient testing. Next, he lays the foundation of his technique for risk-based testing, explaining how to analyze, prioritize, and document risks to the quality of the system using both informal and formal techniques. He then clearly describes how to design, develop, and, ultimately, document various kinds of tests. Because this is a hands-on activity, Black includes realistic, life-sized exercises that illustrate all of the major test techniques with detailed solutions.
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384 pages, Paperback
First published February 20, 2007
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January 20, 2023
Quite interesting + useful book. Give nice overview of system settings.
Chapter 25 - integration testing + Chapter 5 - Understanding Risks to System Quality seems quite useful to me. Well written.
Chapter 25 - integration testing + Chapter 5 - Understanding Risks to System Quality seems quite useful to me. Well written.
March 14, 2025
I've never seen someone use so many words to say so little.
June 30, 2012
Having read "Pragmatic Programmer", I had high expectations of this book. But it ended to be just another book discussing the nuts and bolts of software testing. Software testing is beyond equivalence, boundary, state-model and all the likes. Whether you're a programmer in Java or Ruby or some other, as a programmer, some skills are warranted of you. Similarly, when one dons the role of Software Tester, the mindset, the discipline has to be in another realm. I expected this book to talk of all those. But sadly, it was just **another** software testing book.
The book has good exercises to practice. Worth doing them if you're a novice or just wanna do them for fun.
The book has good exercises to practice. Worth doing them if you're a novice or just wanna do them for fun.
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