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Dickinson College Computer Science Senior Seminar

Discussion of project status; Discussion of Software Testing.

Some basic information on software testing from Guru99.
- Introduction, Basics & Importance
- 7 Software Testing Principles
Some examples - review these. Find one or two and try to connect back to the prior readings.
- 37 Epic Software Failures that Mandate the Need for Adequate Software Testing
- Top Software Failures Due to Lack of Testing
If you are doing an H/FOSS project, research what types of testing are being done in your H/FOSS project and what frameworks are being used to automate it. Be prepared to discuss.
Post questions for class discussion to the Moodle forum. Please also feel free to comment on or respond to others’ questions as appropriate.

Introduction to Software Engineering/Testing - A wiki book that introduces the different types of software testing.
Software Testing Overview - gives some more examples of the different types of testing.
Introduction to Software Testing - a full text dedicated to the subject. Chapter 1 gives a nice introduction and overview, the rest expands on that. As a text this establishes a more formal foundation.
Software Testing Dictionary - A Tutorials Point collection of a massive number of different types of testing with short explanation and examples.
Software Errors Cost U.S. Economy $59.5 Billion Annually - A little dated, but still important report from NIST on a study to estimate the economic impact of software flaws and argue for better software testing tools and techniques. Ironically, this page has a bug in its HTML code!