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Cover all key forms of testing for modern applications systematically

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Software Test Design details best practices for testing software applications and writing comprehensive test plans. Written by an expert with over twenty years of experience in the high-tech industry, this guide will provide you with training and practical examples to improve your testing skills. Thorough testing requires a thorough understanding of the functionality under test, informed by exploratory testing and described by a detailed functional specification. This book is divided into three sections, the first of which will describe how best to complete those tasks to start testing from a solid foundation. Armed with the feature specification, functional testing verifies the visible behavior of features by identifying equivalence partitions, boundary values, and other key test conditions. This section explores techniques such as black- and white-box testing, trying error cases, finding security weaknesses, improving the user experience, and how to maintain your product in the long term. The final section describes how best to test the limits of your application. How does it behave under failure conditions and can it recover? What is the maximum load it can sustain? And how does it respond when overloaded? By the end of this book, you will know how to write detailed test plans to improve the quality of your software applications.

Who is this book for?

This book is for anyone testing software projects for mobile, web, or desktop applications. That includes Dedicated QA engineers managing software quality, Test and test automation engineers writing formal test plans, Test and QA managers running teams responsible for testing, Product owners responsible for product delivery, and Developers who want to improve the testing of their code.

What you will learn

Understand how to investigate new features using exploratory testing

Discover how to write clear, detailed feature specifi cations

Explore systematic test techniques such as equivalence partitioning

Understand the strengths and weaknesses of black- and white-box testing

Recognize the importance of security, usability, and maintainability testing

Verify application resilience by running destructive tests

Run load and stress tests to measure system performance

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NEA May 25, 2023

I got this book to further study Application Security. This is a really professionally written book and it reminds me of something I'd be required to read for one of my classes. It has the quality to be considered a textbook, but its more like a guide.I'm only on page 20, but its already changed my perspective on how to approach testing and develop patches - I had to leave a review. This is an underrated book.Planning tests and how to design them was something I really felt I needed to understand and I'm glad I found this book. I have a feeling this part of the process is overlooked far too often. Its definitely not something I learned in college.

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rahsaan m. wiggins Mar 27, 2023

Software Test Design by Simon Amey: This book is a must have for anyone thinking of becoming a Software Test Engineer or a seasoned veteran looking for a go-to reference guide. Amey, provides in-depth and real-world analysis on every aspect of what a Software Engineer does, analysis and explanation of the tools used, and how to use those tools to create effective test cases. If you are looking for a book on software test design look no further this is it!!!!

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Jr Mar 26, 2023

Nice book covering functional testing, integration testing and system testing, with lots of real hands-on examples and practical approaches.Although the book doesn’t include code, it gives an overview of different types of testing and possible failure cases. It helped me to write test plans from the earliest stages and throughout projects.

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K. Jackvony Mar 21, 2023

"Software Test Design" is a very well-written, well-organized book, and one that I am sure I will refer back to time and time again throughout my career. The author covers areas not always covered by other books, including making sure that you have good software specifications, and reading through the code to create white-box testing. Important test areas like performance, usability, and security testing are discussed at length as well. The author sprinkles in real-world stories throughout the chapters, which helps to underscore his points. Anyone who has ever felt overwhelmed when faced with a new application to test, or anyone who feels like they're always missing something when they prepare for a software release will benefit from this book!

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ASLAN Mar 20, 2023

"Software Test Design" by Simon Amey is an exceptional book that provides practical and insightful guidance on designing effective software tests. One of the aspects I appreciated the most was the author's use of real-life experiences, which made the book more compelling and relevant.Additionally, the detailed checklist for exploratory testing was especially helpful. The author guides the reader on how to transform initially intuitive exploratory testing into a structured process that produces results.The tips and warnings the author provides throughout the book are crucial and can help avoid common mistakes made by novice testers.The Black box functional testing chapter and API testing part were particularly valuable to me in my role as a manual tester. The author provides extensive descriptions and various examples to guide the reader through the process of designing effective tests.Finally, the use of graphs throughout the book provides a clear understanding and structure that aids in the comprehension and retention of the material. Overall, I highly recommend this book to anyone seeking to enhance their test planning and test design approach.

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