Book description
It may surprise you to learn that Microsoft employs as many software testers as developers. Less surprising is the emphasis the company places on the testing discipline—and its role in managing quality across a diverse, 150+ product portfolio.
This book—written by three of Microsoft’s most prominent test professionals—shares the best practices, tools, and systems used by the company’s 9,000-strong corps of testers. Learn how your colleagues at Microsoft design and manage testing, their approach to training and career development, and what challenges they see ahead. Most important, you’ll get practical insights you can apply for better results in your organization.
Discover how to:
Design effective tests and run them throughout the product lifecycle
Minimize cost and risk with functional tests, and know when to apply structural techniques
Measure code complexity to identify bugs and potential maintenance issues
Use models to generate test cases, surface unexpected application behavior, and manage risk
Know when to employ automated tests, design them for long-term use, and plug into an automation infrastructure
Review the hallmarks of great testers—and the tools they use to run tests, probe systems, and track progress efficiently
Explore the challenges of testing services vs. shrink-wrapped software
Table of contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
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I. About Microsoft
- 1. Software Engineering at Microsoft
- 2. Software Test Engineers at Microsoft
- 3. Engineering Life Cycles
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II. About Testing
- 4. A Practical Approach to Test Case Design
- 5. Functional Testing Techniques
- 6. Structural Testing Techniques
- 7. Analyzing Risk with Code Complexity
- 8. Model-Based Testing
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III. Test Tools and Systems
- 9. Managing Bugs and Test Cases
- 10. Test Automation
- 11. Non-Functional Testing
- 12. Other Tools
- 13. Customer Feedback Systems
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14. Testing Software Plus Services
- Two Parts: About Services and Test Techniques
- Part 1: About Services
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Part 2 Testing Software Plus Services
- Waves of Innovation
- Designing the Right S+S and Services Test Approach
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Testing Techniques for S+S
- Fully Automated Deployments
- Test Environments
- The One Box
- The Test Cluster
- The Perf and Scale Cluster
- The Integrated Services Test Environment
- The Deployment Test Cluster
- Test Environments Summary
- Integration Testing vs. Test Flags and emulation
- Emulation
- Testing Against Production
- Performance Test Metrics for Services
- Several Other Critical Thoughts on S+S
- Summary
- IV. About the Future
- A. About the Authors
- Index
- About the Authors
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: How We Test Software at Microsoft®
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2008
- Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
- ISBN: 9780735624252
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