Summary

When writing software, destruction can be just as valuable as creation. Learn how to catch bugs and break software as you discover different testing methods that will help you build better software.

Expected Learning

This course will teach you how to think like a software tester, how to find bugs in code earlier, and write better code.

Syllabus

Lesson 1: Domains, Ranges, Oracles, and Kinds of Testing

How to think about the different elements of software testing

Lesson 2: Code Coverage

How to find parts of a program that need more testing

Lesson 3: Random Testing

How to automatically generate test cases that break code in unexpected ways

Lesson 4: Advanced Random Testing

How to engineer a sophisticated random test case generator

Lesson 5: Consequences

How to deal with lots of bugs, how to take a big input that triggers a bug and make it smaller, how to report a bug, and more!

Lesson 6: Conclusion

Required Knowledge

Programming experience is required.