Software Testing | Faculty of Technical Sciences

Subject: Software Testing (19.SE0035)

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Software Engineering and Information Technologies (Year: 3, Semester: Winter)

General information:

Category	Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field	Applied Computer Science and Informatics
ECTS	5

Students learn how to apply recommended practices, methods, techniques and tools in the area of software design and testing.

Knowledge of the principles, techniques and tools for software construction and testing. Students are competent to perform planning and design of software. They are able to perform the automation of the testing process, to test the entire software or selected units. They will be able to perform the analysis and selection of tools for testing, to create test cases and to implement effective software testing.

Concepts of software testing and its role in the software development process. Types of testing. Static testing. Dynamic testing. White-box testing. Black-box testing. Using test doubles. Tools, libraries and frameworks for software testing. Web application testing. Server-side testing. Client-side testing. End-to-end testing.

Lectures, computer exercises, consultations. Students are required to work within project teams. In latter weeks of the semester public presentations of project tasks are organized, where students discuss obtained results.The final exam is oral. Exam score is based on the success of the defense of project task and the final oral examination.

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
G.Gordon Schulmeyer (Editor)	Handbook of Software Quality Assurance	2007	Artech House	English
Spillner, A., Linz, T., Schaefer, H.	Software Testing Foundations, 4th Edition	2014	Rocky Nook	English
Patton, R.	Software Testing	2005		English