contents

 

  

Front matter

forewords

preface

acknowledgments

about this book

about the author

about the cover illustration

  

  1 Effective and systematic software testing

  1.1  Developers who test vs. developers who do not

  1.2  Effective software testing for developers

Effective testing in the development process

Effective testing as an iterative process

Focusing on development and then on testing

The myth of “correctness by design”

The cost of testing

The meaning of effective and systematic

The role of test automation

  1.3  Principles of software testing (or, why testing is so difficult)

Exhaustive testing is impossible

Knowing when to stop testing

Variability is important (the pesticide paradox)

Bugs happen in some places more than others