We meet Tuesdays at 2:30-4:20 in SUR 5100 and Thursdays at 2:30-3:20 in SUR 5140.
This schedule is subject to change, although the general topics covered shall remain consistent.
| Week | Date | Topics | Reading |
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| 1 | Jan 7 |
Introduction Software Quality Slides |
SWEBOK 11.1 STQA Ch.17 |
| Jan 9 |
Testing Overview Slides |
SWEBOK 5.1,5.2 | |
| 2 | Jan 14 |
Input Space Partitioning Slides |
The Category-Partition Method for Specifying and Generating Functional Tests Assignment 1 |
| Jan 16 |
Input Space Partitioning Slides |
Was It Good for You?, Chapter 1 of Beautiful Testing |
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| 3 | Jan 21 |
Combinatorial Testing Graph Based Testing Slides |
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| Jan 23 | Graph Based Testing | A case of insufficient testing | |
| 4 | Jan 28 |
Graph Based Testing Slides |
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| Jan 30 |
Graph Based Testing Slides |
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| 5 | Feb 4 |
Mutation Testing Slides |
Assignment 2 |
| Feb 6 |
Mutation Testing Slides |
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| 6 | NO CLASS | ||
| 7 | Feb 18 |
Test Planning Slides |
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| Feb 20 |
Regression Testing Slides |
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| 8 | Feb 25 |
Program Analysis Tools Slides Demos |
The Apple SSL/TLS bug PVS Studio and Chromium (Only read entries for 3 found bugs) Using FindBugs on Java programs Assignment 3 |
| Feb 27 | Program Analysis Tools |
(Just for fun)Care and Feeding of C++'s Dragons (Just for fun)FindBugs and static analysis |
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| 9 | Mar 4 |
Unit Testing Testability Slides Our buggy calculator |
Google Clean Code Talks 1 |
| Mar 6 |
Testability Mockito Google Guice Our buggy music manager |
Fowler on Mocking and Stubs Fowler on Dependency Injection |
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| 10 | Mar 11 |
Testability Bug Reporting Slides |
A manifesto for error reporting Bug Advocacy in General Writing Clear Bug Reports (especially from 8:00 on) |
| Mar 13 | Bug Reporting Continued | ||
| 11 | Mar 18 | Project Discussion | |
| Mar 20 |
Code Review Slides |
Tips for Effective Reviews More Tips for Effective Code Reviews |
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| 12 | Mar 25 | Code Review Exercises | |
| Mar 27 |
Security Slides |
CWE/SANS Top 25 Dangerous Errors (Categories) Mitigation Approaches Secure Coding Practices |
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| 13 | Apr 1 | Project Discussion | |
| Apr 3 | GUI and Mobile Testing | ||
| 14 | Apr 8 |
Project Outcome Discussions Quality Retrospective |
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