Software Testing: A Craftsman's Approach

by Paul C. Jorgensen

Since the last publication of this international bestseller, software testing has seen a renaissance of renewed interest and technology. The biggest change comes in the growing prominence and acceptance of Agile Programming. Software A Craftsman’s Approach, Third Edition extends the combination of theory and practicality of the first two editions to include agile programming development and discusses the serious effect this emerging area is having on software testing. The third edition of the widely adopted text and reference book is comprised of six parts. It begins by providing the mathematical background in discrete mathematics and linear graph theory that is used in subsequent sections. The book continues to describe specification-based (functional) and code-based (structural) test development techniques, while extending this theoretical approach to less understood levels of integration and system testing. The author further develops this discussion to include object-oriented software. A completely new section relates all of the previously discussed concepts to the agile software development movement and highlights issues such as how agile and XP development environments are radically changing the role of software testers by making testing integral at every phase of the development process. Thoroughly revised and updated, Software A Craftsman’s Approach, Third Edition is sure to become a standard reference for those who need to stay up-to-date with evolving technologies in software testing. Carrying on the tradition of previous editions, it will continue to serve as a valuable reference for software testers, developers, and engineers.

Genres: Software, Programming, Nonfiction

440 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1995

Reviews

[Sudhi Verma]

It is a good book and has helped me as an COO of a software company.

[K · Rating 3 out of 5]

An age-old classic. It may need an overhaul for the current developments for Agile/DevOps world!

[Delhi Irc]

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[Stefan Teixeira · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has some interesting points. Since it is a very academic book, I found interesting that it starts explaining discrete math topics and graph theory, with focus on software testing. The chapters until Integration Testing are very useful. Another positive point: the book is filled with examples about the topics it covers.

However, there are some tedious chapters, with very biased opinions from the author. Unfortunately, the author also has some misconceptions about Agile, which can be harmful to those who are starting to study Agile software development.

[Venkatesh-Prasad · Rating 3 out of 5]

It provides a good overview of software testing and different sorts of testing along with various associated quality and adequacy metrics. In addition, it introduces few advance topics in software testing. However, the code fragments in form of pseudocode (or, is it VB?) leaves much to be desired. Lastly, topics such as state machines and petri-nets seem academic and distant from real-world practice. It would have been helpful to provide concrete real-world examples where these notions were used. Also, covering BDD would have been more helpful.

[Tsolmon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Maybe best reference for Software Testing. But the problem is Software Testing is still not even a science or approach. That's why this book is like a diary of someone just wrote what he innovated about how test software.
For me after reading this book, my conclusion is there are lots of work to do only define what is Software Testing or just give up for testing a software. Which means just need to stop testing a software. Because user feedback and usability will do it.

[Chitra · Rating 4 out of 5]

nice