Software Testing and Quality Assurance

Catalog description

This course presents software testing processes, by introducing the concept of white and black box testing and how it fits with the Agile/scrum model. The relationship between software development testing and product life cycle support is established by covering unit, integration, system, and acceptance testing. Testing methods discussed include verification, validation, tools, and testing metrics. The curriculum also looks into the testing life cycle, writing test cases and test plans. Students will delve into debugging techniques and best practices. Additionally, students will focus on the importance of automation for software testing and work with some test code to demonstrate the benefits of automation.