CS 4320 Software Testing

Fall 2007, Class Schedule

All days in red are mandatory. Days in green are holidays

Sep 26: Introduction, testing and the software process

· notes

• Reading: Kaner, preface, ch. 1

· Homework 1

Sep 28: Equivalence partitions, boundary values

· notes

Oct 1: Limits of testing

· notes

• Reading: Kaner, ch. 2

Oct 3: Testing and the software process

· notes

• Reading: Kaner, ch. 3

Oct 5: Testing and the software process, continued

· notes

• Reading: Kaner, ch. 3

Oct 8: JUnit

• Reading: JUnit homepage

Oct 10: Quality, bug reporting and analysis

• Reading: Kaner, ch. 4-5

Oct 12: Quality, bug reporting and analysis, continued

• Reading: Kaner, ch. 4-5

Oct 15: Bug tracking

• Reading: Kaner, ch. 6

Oct 17: Test case design

• Reading: Kaner, ch. 7

Oct 19: Test case design, continued

• Reading: Kaner, ch. 7

Oct 22: Common software errors

• Reading: Kaner, appendix

Oct 24: Common software errors, continued

• Reading: Kaner, appendix

Oct 26: Common software errors, continued

• Reading: Kaner, appendix

Oct 29: Midterm review

Oct 31: Midterm

Nov 2: Race conditions

• Reading: Introduction to race conditions

Nov 5: Rational Enterprise

• Reading: Introduction to Rational Suite

Nov 7: Rational Lab

Nov 9: Project group meeting

Nov 12: Veteran's Day

Nov 14: Testing user manuals

• Reading: Kaner, ch. 10

Nov 16: Localization

• Reading: Kaner, ch. 9

Nov 19: Testing devices

• Reading: Kaner, ch. 8

Nov 21: Test planning and documentation

• Reading: Kaner, ch. 12

Nov 23: Thanksgiving

Nov 26: Project group meeting

Nov 28: Test planning and documentation, continued

• Reading: Kaner, ch. 12

Nov 30: Project issues

• Reading: Kaner, ch. 13

Dec 3: Legal issues

• Reading: Kaner, ch. 14

Dec 5: Benchmarks

• Reading: TPC home page

Dec 7: review for final

Dec 10: Final exam (tentative), 2pm-3:50pm