11 Wrapping up the book

This chapter covers

  • Revisiting what was discussed in this book

We are now at the end of this book. The book comprises a lot of my knowledge about practical software testing, and I hope you now understand the testing techniques that have supported me throughout the years. In this chapter, I will say some final words about how I see effective testing in practice and reinforce points that I feel should be uppermost in your mind.

11.1 Although the model looks linear, iterations are fundamental

Figure 11.1 (which you saw for the first time back in chapter 1) illustrates what I call effective software testing. Although this figure and the order of the chapters in this book may give you a sense of linearity (that is, you first ...

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