Myers Glenford J. The Art of Software Testing

2nd edition. — John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004. — 151 p. — ISBN: 0-471-46912-2.This long-awaited revision of a bestseller provides a practical discussion of the nature and aims of software testing. You'll find the latest methodologies for the design of effective test cases, including information on psychological and economic principles, managerial aspects, test tools, high-order testing, code inspections, and debugging. Accessible, comprehensive, and always practical, this edition provides the key information you need to test successfully, whether a novice or a working programmer.List of Figures and TablesA Self-Assessment TestThe Psychology and Economics of Program Testing
The Psychology of Testing
The Economics of Testing
Black-Box Testing
White-Box Testing
Software Testing PrinciplesProgram Inspections, Walkthroughs, and Reviews Inspections and Walkthroughs
Code Inspections
An Error Checklist for Inspections
Data Reference Errors
Data-Declaration Errors
Computation Errors
Comparison Errors
Control-Flow Errors
Interface Errors
Input/Output Errors
Other Checks
Walkthroughs
Desk Checking
Peer RatingsTest-Case Design
White-Box Testing
Logic-Coverage Testing
Equivalence Partitioning
An Example
Boundary-Value Analysis
Cause-Effect Graphing
Error Guessing
The StrategyModule (Unit) Testing Test-Case Design
Incremental Testing
Top-down versus Bottom-up Testing
Top-down Testing
Bottom-up Testing
A Comparison
Performing the TestHigher-Order Testing
Function Testing
System Testing
Facility Testing
Volume Testing
Stress Testing
Usability Testing
Security Testing
Performance Testing
Storage Testing
Configuration Testing
Compatibility/Configuration/Conversion Testing Installability Testing
Reliability Testing
Recovery Testing
Serviceability Testing
Documentation Testing
Procedure Testing
Performing the System Test
Acceptance Testing
Installation Testing
Test Planning and Control
Test Completion Criteria
The Independent Test AgencyDebugging
Debugging by Brute Force
Debugging by Induction
Debugging by Deduction
Debugging by Backtracking
Debugging by Testing
Debugging Principles
Error-Locating Principles
Error-Repairing Techniques
Error AnalysisExtreme Testing
Extreme Programming Basics
Extreme Testing:The Concepts
Extreme Unit Testing
Acceptance Testing
Extreme Testing Applied
Test-Case Design
Test Driver and ApplicationTesting Internet Applications
Basic E-commerce Architecture
Testing Challenges
Testing Strategies
Presentation Layer Testing
Business Layer Testing
Data Layer Testing
Appendix A Sample Extreme Testing Application
Appendix B Prime Numbers Less Than 1,000