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Software Testing

Overview

Descriptor:

The course descriptor provides an overview of course content, learning outcomes and administration.

Lectures:

The course lectures are given on Tuesday from 12:10 to 13:00 in Lecture Theatre 2 of Appleton Tower, and on Friday from 12:10 to 13:00 in Lecture Theatre 3 of Appleton Tower. The first lecture of this course is on Tuesday 12th January 2010 (semester dates and official timetable — page down to see the Semester 2 timetable).

Schedule and Readings:

The schedule provides a list of lectures, handouts, readings, and details of tutorials and coursework (you may also wish to look at last year's web pages, as I don't publish the updated course materials until the day of the lecture). This table contains the list of lectures and readings with firm dates for issue and submission of practical work. The final lecture of the course will take place in week 9, leaving the final two weeks of the semester free for clarification, exam revision and feedback on the practical work.

Course Book:

The set text for the course is Software Testing and Analysis by Mauro Pezzè and Michal Young.

Resources:

The resources page is a list of useful sites, readings, revision material …

Coursework:

Practical 1 was issued on Monday 18th January. Practical 2 was issued on Wednesday 3rd February.

News group:

The news group eduni.inf.course.st is a useful communication medium for exchanges that could be of general interest to all of the group.

Tutorials:

Tutorials begin in Week 2 (the week beginning Monday, 18th January 2010), although I'll run an optional tutorial on Eclipse and JUnit if anyone would like it towards the end of Week 1. See the official timetable (Semester 2 at bottom of page, not yet finalised — times are Tuesday 16:10, Wednesday 15:00 and Thursday 13:05, all in AT4.12) for details of your tutorial group's meeting time and location. The group allocations will be finalised by the end of Semester 2, Week 1.

Lecture log:

The course lecture log gives information about the progress of the course.

Past exams:

Past papers and outline solutions are available for the 2008–9 exams, the 2007–8 exam, the 2006–7 exams and the 2005–6 exams. Statistics for grades for past years may be found on the school's course statistics page.

Contact:

The course lecturer is Conrad Hughes. My office is in the Informatics Forum ( in centre of map), Room 3.46. I aim to be available there from 10:00 to 12:00 on Tuesdays for questions etc. regarding the course. Please email me to let me know you plan to visit if this is possible.

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