Exploratory Software Testing

Table of Contents

Foreword by Alan Page

Preface

Chapter 1 The Case for Software Quality

The Magic of Software

The Failure of Software

Conclusion

Exercises

Chapter 2 The Case for Manual Testing

The Origin of Software Bugs

Preventing and Detecting Bugs

Preventing Bugs

Detecting Bugs

Manual Testing

Scripted Manual Testing

Exploratory Testing

Conclusion

Exercises

Chapter 3 Exploratory Testing in the Small

So You Want to Test Software?

Testing Is About Varying Things

User Input

What You Need to Know About User Input

How to Test User Input

State

What You Need to Know About Software State

How to Test Software State

Code Paths

User Data

Environment

Conclusion

Exercises

Chapter 4 Exploratory Testing in the Large

Exploring Software

The Tourist Metaphor ...