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I. Forgács, A. KovácsModern Software Testing Techniqueshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9893-0_1

1. Software Testing Basics

István Forgács1   and Attila Kovács1
(1)
Budapest, Hungary
 

This chapter overviews the basics of software testing from the point of view of bugs: lifetime, classifications, pursuing processes, and various pesticides against bugs.

Estimated Time

  • Beginners: 100 minutes.

  • Intermediates: 80 minutes.

  • Experts: We suggest reading sections “Pesticided Against Bugs”,  “Classification of bugs”, “Fault-based testing”, and “Testing principles”; the rest may be skipped. It takes 30 minutes.

Bugs and Other Software Quality Destroyers

Bugs and other software ...

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