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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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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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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!!!!

arsalan Feb 26, 2023

The book provides a comprehensive guide to software testing and will provide you with training and practical examples to improve your testing skills.The book covers various topics related to software testing, including Test Types, Cases, and Environments. It also provides an overview of different testing techniques such as black box testing, white box testing, and exploratory testing. The authors have included numerous examples and exercises to help readers understand the concepts better.One of the strengths of the book is its organization and structure. It is divided into easily digestible chapters and sections, making it easy for readers to navigate and find relevant information. The author has explained system design with the help of practical examples in software testing.Overall, "Software Test Design: is a useful resource for those interested in software testing. It provides a comprehensive overview of software testing concepts and techniques and is well-organized and easy to navigate.

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!

Jon Mar 12, 2023

Very comprehensive book on how to test software. From at the top level how to define software specifications and test plans to the details on testing different sorts components, there's lots of good advice and real world examples. I've been in the software industry 20 years and there's a lot here that I recognise. Too often testing is not given the priority it should be compared to development and the result is software that fails for the customers. Who should read this? This is a book not just for test engineers; I would also encourage software developers and managers to read it to encourage thinking about testing throughout the development lifecycle.

Software Test Design: Write comprehensive test plans to uncover critical bugs in web, desktop, and mobile apps

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