SOFTWARE TESTING

General Testing Books Title: The Testing Practitioner Author: Erik van Veenendaal Publisher: UTN Publishers Publication Date: 2002 ISBN: 9789072194657 Title: Risk-based e-business Testing Authors: Paul Gerrard and Neil Thompson Publisher: Artech House Publication Date: 2002 ISBN: 1580533140 Title: Introducing Software Testing: A Practical Guide for Getting Started Author: Louise Tamres, Simon Mills Publisher: Pearson Education / Addison Wesley Publication Date: 2002 ISBN: 0201719746 or 9780201719741 Title: Lessons Learned in Software Testing: A Context Driven Approach Authors: Cem Kaner, James Bach and Bret Pettichord Publisher: John Wiley & Sons inc Publication Date: 2002 ISBN: 0471081124 Title: Software Testing: A Guide to the TMap Approach Authors: Martin Pol, Ruud Teunissen and Erik Van Veenendaal Publisher: Addison Wesley Publication Date: 2002 ISBN: 0201745712 or 9780201745719 Title: Systematic Software Testing Authors: Rick D. Craig and Stefan P. ...

„Suggest me what to learn for this field“ – how to change the career to software testing. There is huge amount information on the web. Search google or any other search engine for keywords – software testing, testing or tester. And here you are – hundreds of links, articles, posts, etc. The problem is – where to find the most concentrated material for studying. Articles, magazines and blogs are ok, especially on specific topic. To see the full view of software testing field you need a book or a few of them. Try British Computer Society software testing certifications learning material. The syllabuses and the list of references – standards and books should help to learn more (and a lot) in this field.

How to test web services? the only answer i know at the moment - use SoapUI. An open-source GUI for easily creating and firing off SOAP requests. You need: to feed the WSDL - entering the url, the program creates sample SOAP requests for you; you edit those in a simple XML editor; send it to see the response. (For today, have not got the proper response. The database needs to be changed. Will see the results later)

Mandatory: BS-7925-1 Software Testing - Vocabulary BS-7925-2 Standard for Software Component Testing IEEE 1028 IEEE Standard for Software Reviews IEEE 1012 Standard for Software Verification and Validation -Description ISO 12207 Systems and software engineering -Software l ife c ycle p rocesses Higly recommended: IEEE 610.12 Standard glossary of software engineering terminology IEEE 1044 Classification for Software Anomalies IEEE 829 Software Test Documentation IEEE 1008 Software Unit Testing IEC 60300-3-9 Dependability Management - Part 3: Application Guide - Section 9: Risk Analysis of Technological Systems ISO 15026 Information Technology - System and Software Integrity Levels ISO 9126 Software Quality Model RTCA DO-178B Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification TMM Testing Maturity Model Useful: IEEE 1008