The Art of Software Testing, Second Edition

Table of contents

1. Copyright
2. Preface
3. Introduction
4. A Self-Assessment Test
5. The Psychology and Economics of Program Testing
   1. The Psychology of Testing
   2. The Economics of Testing
   3. Software Testing Principles
   4. Summary
6. Program Inspections, Walkthroughs, and Reviews
   1. Inspections and Walkthroughs
   2. Code Inspections
   3. An Error Checklist for Inspections
   4. Comparison Errors
   5. Walkthroughs
   6. Desk Checking
   7. Peer Ratings
   8. Summary
7. Test-Case Design
   1. White-Box Testing
   2. Error Guessing
   3. The Strategy
8. Module (Unit) Testing
   1. Test-Case Design
   2. Incremental Testing
   3. Top-down versus Bottom-up Testing
   4. Performing the Test
9. Higher-Order Testing
   1. Function Testing
   2. System Testing
   3. Acceptance Testing
   4. Installation Testing
   5. Test Planning and Control
   6. Test Completion Criteria
   7. The Independent Test Agency
10. Debugging
    1. Debugging by Brute Force
    2. Debugging by Induction
    3. Debugging by Deduction
    4. Debugging by Backtracking
    5. Debugging by Testing
    6. Debugging Principles
    7. Error Analysis
11. Extreme Testing
    1. Extreme Programming Basics
    2. Extreme Testing: The Concepts
    3. Extreme Testing Applied
    4. Summary
12. Testing Internet Applications
    1. Basic E-commerce Architecture
    2. Testing Challenges
    3. Testing Strategies
13. Sample Extreme Testing Application
14. Prime Numbers Less Than 1,000
15. Glossary
16. Index