What is software testing? And why is it so hard?

The author sheds some light on why testing today's software products is so challenging, and he identifies several solid approaches that all testers should be able to thoughtfully apply. The effective tester has a rich toolkit of fundamental testing techniques, understands how the product will b...

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Published in:IEEE software 2000-01, Vol.17 (1), p.70-79
Main Author: Whittaker, J.A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer bugs
Computer programs
Flushing
Formal languages
Graph theory
Nose
Operating systems
Phase measurement
Process planning
Product development
Quality control
Sheds
Software
Software testing
Solids
Storms
System testing
Testing
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Summary:The author sheds some light on why testing today's software products is so challenging, and he identifies several solid approaches that all testers should be able to thoughtfully apply. The effective tester has a rich toolkit of fundamental testing techniques, understands how the product will be used in its operating environment, and has a nose for where subtle bugs might lurk in the product and a bag of tricks for flushing them out. The methods described can help testers provide a sensible answer to the question of what they really mean when they say they have finished testing a software system.
ISSN:0740-7459
1937-4194
DOI:10.1109/52.819971