Software Testing

Brought by: Udacity

Overview

When writing software, destruction can be just as valuable as creation. Learn how to catch bugs and break software as you discover different testing methods that will help you build better software.

Syllabus

Domains, Ranges, Oracles, and Kinds of Testing

How to think about the different elements of software testing.

Code Coverage

How to find parts of a program that need more testing.

Random Testing

How to automatically generate test cases that break code in unexpected ways.

Advanced Random Testing

How to engineer a sophisticated random test case generator.

Consequences

How to deal with lots of bugs, how to take a big input that triggers a bug and make it smaller, how to report a bug, and more!

Conclusion

Taught by

John Regehr

Computer Science / Software Development

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Software Testing

Brought by: Udacity

Udacity
Free
English
Certificate Not Available
Available at any time
intermediate
N/A

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