Software test automation

the code is not complete with all the import java.util.*; statements and the like that are needed to actually make the it run. That is why the book is so refreshing, it just uses both as tools to illustrate certain aspects of the software development process. We don't have to put up with tired old graphics hierarchy for explaining inheritance, but there is an interesting example with a watch that uses GPS to determine the time zone the wearer is in and an accident management system for police officers. The examples are taken from software engineering projects courses that were taught at Carnegie-Mellon University. at the end of the book, as the only chapter in part IV "Starting Over." The Testing chapter has a deliberate major error in the diagrams and code, I circled four places it occurs explicitly and two where it occurs implicitly until I hit a page which rather off-handedly informs the reader that there was an error a couple of pages back. I'm afraid that not everyone will catch the error correction, although surely no one believes that March has 32 days in it, do they? I like the style of writing and the balance of text and diagrams in this book, and look forward to using it as a textbook soon. Starting up a test suite in the evening, returning the next day to read a pass/fail result indicating that the system is bug-free is the dream of every software tester, and most software developers. After reading Software. Test Automation, one realizes that this dream can only be approached in reality. However, along the way, one learns many practical facts about how to apply automated testing in a useful and effective manner. Software Test Automation is organized into two parts. The first part, "Techniques for Automating Test Execution consists of eleven chapters that describe how to implement an effective "test regime, the authors term for a consistent testing environment, policies and procedures, tools, and scripts. The first chapter, "Test Automation Context, begins by drawing the important distinction between testing and test automation. In their description, testing requires the skill to select a small set of test cases that will uncover the greatest proportion of the defects in the system. Test automation, on the other hand, requires the skills necessary to turn a test case into an automated test case. The quality of a test case …