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Software Testing Prof. Dr. Holger Schlingloff Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin and Fraunhofer Institute of Computer Architecture and Software Technology FIRST Outline of this Lecture Series 2007/11/23: Introduction, Definitions, Examples 2007/11/24-1: Functional testing 2007/11/24-2: Structural testing 2007/11/25-1: Model-based test generation 2007/11/25-2: Specification-based test generation Next week: Your turn! Outline of Today‘s Lecture Introduction Motivation, definitions, … Topics, classification, tools Quick Tour through Jorgensen-Examples The triangle problem The NextDate function The commission problem The automated teller machine The currency converter The windshield-wiper controller Literature P.C. Jorgensen: Software Testing, a Craftsman‘s Approach. 2nd ed.,CRC Press 2002(3rd ed. announced for 2007) A.P. Mathur: Foundations of Software Testing. Purdue University, 775 pp., to appear 2008? G.J. Myers: The Art of Software Testing, Wiley 1979 J.A. Whittaker: Software: A Practical Guide to Testing, Addison-Wesley 2002 R.V. Binder: Testing Object-oriented Systems - Models, Patterns and Tools, Addison-Wesley 1999 Why Testing? Perpetual “software crisis” Ever-increasing complexity,ubiquity Continuous stories aboutbad software Customer dissatisfaction, damage Millions and millions of lost revenues ? Proficient testers are well-engaged and well-paid people What is ?Software Testing“? Cf. the announcement: ?Testing is the process of systematically experimenting with an object in order to establish its quality.“ Experiment: singular activity to find something out Probe: experiment to find out the quality Test: systematic set of probes systematic = in the way in which the object (system) is composed needs planning needs analysis of the object needs measurement What is ?Software“? …systematically experimenting with an object … Object: as contrasted to the subject conducting the test (“SUT” = “system under test” or “software under test”, “IUT” = “implementatio