Degree Level Course

Software Testing

To prepare the students to understand the phases of testing based on requirements for a project, to apply the concepts taught in the course to formulate test requirements precisely, to design and execute test cases as a part of a standard software development IDE, and to apply specially designed test case design techniques for specific application domains.

Taught by Meenakshi D'Souza

Code BSCS3002

Credits 4 Credits

Type Core Option I

Prerequisites None

12-Week Roadmap

Course Structure & Syllabus

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WEEK 1

Software Testing: Motivation, Software Development Life Cycle, Terminologies and Processes, Software Test Automation: JUnit as an example

WEEK 2

Basics of Graphs, Fundamental Graph Algorithms, Elementary Graph Algorithms, Structural Graph Coverage Criteria, Algorithms: Structural Graph Coverage Criteria

WEEK 3

Graph Coverage Criteria: Applied to Test Code, Data Flow in Graphs,, Data Flow Testing Example, Unit Testing Based on Graphs: Summary

WEEK 4

Software Design and Integration Testing, Design Integration Testing and Graph Coverage, Specification Testing and Graph Coverage, Graph Coverage and Finite State Machines (FSM), Testing Source Code: Classical Coverage Criteria

Reading List

Prescribed Books & References

Paul Ammann and Jeff Offutt, Introduction to Software Testing, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Glenford J. Myers, The Art of Software Testing, Second edition, 2008.
Paul C. Jorgensen, Software Testing: A Craftsman’s Approach, Fourth edition, CRC Press, 2014.
Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory, Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams, Addison-Wesley, 2009.
Appropriate research papers on testing techniques, information regarding testing tools, as applicable.

Faculty & Experts

About the Instructors

Meenakshi D'Souza

Associate Professor , Department of Computer Science and Engineering , IIIT Bangalore

LinkedIn Faculty Webpage

Meenakshi D'Souza is an Associate Professor at IIIT-Bangalore and has been with the institute for the past ten years. Prior to joining IIIT-Bangalore, Meenakshi worked for Honeywell Technology Solutions, Bangalore. Meenakshi is a council member of ACM India and an Associate Editor of Sadhana, a journal of Indian Academy of Sciences.

Her research interests are in the areas of software testing and formal verification of embedded software. Meenakshi teaches courses on Theory of Computation, Software Testing (in NPTEL too), Design and Analysis of Algorithms and Graph Theory. Meenakshi is also interested in gender diversity and accessibility in STEM and IT.

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