Software Testing and Quality Assurance : Theory and Practice (2 Revised edition)

This book introduces the fundamental ideas in testing theory, testing techniques, testing practices and quality assurance.

Software Testing and Quality Assurance: Theory and Practice covers the practices that support the production of quality software, software testing techniques, life-cycle models for requirements, defects, test cases, test results, test questions, examples, teaching suggestions, and chapter summaries.

Other topics covered are; software quality assurance (SQA), SQA processes and metrics; the role of testing; basics of program testing; theory of program testing; code review; unit testing; test generation from control flow graphs, data flow graphs, and program domains; system integration; system testing; test execution; test automation; acceptance testing; quality metrics and reliability models.

For the 2nd edition, the authors have included two major topics: (i) Boolean expression testing; and (ii) testing without oracles.