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Software Testing

This is the home page for the School of Informatics course "ST: Software Testing", given by Stuart Anderson in January-March 2014.

Overview

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

Time Table 2013-2014:

Course meetings are at 1210 on Tuesdays in the Hugh Robson Building Lecture Theatre, map and Fridays in Faculty Room North in David Hume Tower.

official timetable (page down to see the Semester 2 timetable)

semester dates

Lectures

1. Tuesday 14 January: overview
2. Friday 17 January: testing in the lifecycle
3. Tuesday 21 January: testing in the lifecycle - concluding the lecture
4. Friday 24 January: Specification-based testing
5. Tuesday 28 January: Specification-based testing - concluding the lecture
6. Friday 31 January: No Lecture
7. Tuesday 4 February: Specification-based testing
8. Friday 7 February: Overview of the practical
9. Tuesday 11 February: Unit testing tools
10. Friday 14 February: Unit testing tools
11. Tuesday 18 February: Innovative Learning Week
12. Friday 21 February: Innovative Learning Week
13. Tuesday 25 February: Mutation testing
14. Friday 28 February: Dataflow Coverage 1 and Dataflow Coverage 2
15. Tuesday 4 March: Integration Testing and Regression Testing
16. Friday 7 March: GUI Testing and System Testing
17. Tuesday 10 March: Higher Order Testing and Course Review
18. To be arranged: Guest Lecture from Skyscanner

Coursework

There is a single coursework worth 25% of the overall assessment for the course. You will work in groups of 4 or 5 people. The practical will be issued on Monday 27 January with a deadline of Thursday 13 March at 1600. There will be an opportunity to get formative feedback on draft submissions submitted at or before 1600 on Thursday 6 March. Your can find the practical description here. The practical has a description of how to work and arrange tutorials. Your working groups have been emailed to you.

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This page is maintained by Stuart Anderson (soa@staffmail.ed.ac.uk)