Testing computer software
by Cem Kaner · first published 1988
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"This book will teach you how to test computer software under real-world conditions. The authors have all been test managers and software development managers at well-known Silicon Valley software companies. Successful consumer software companies have learned how to produce high-quality products under tight time and budget constraints. The book explains the testing side of that success. Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.
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The book 'Testing computer software' by Cem Kaner is an excellent introduction to the field. You will make less than a programmer while being expected to possess extensive programming skills. Where developers produce code, therefore product,…
on “Ask HN: How can you get into QA?” ↗While other commenters are correct that manual QA is a mindset, there are readings that can help develop that mindset. I have new QA engineers read the first five or six chapters of "Testing Computer Software": http://www.amazon.com/Testing-Computer-Software-2nd-Edition/... to get a feel for the mindset and methodologies and to help them understand what testing can and can't accomplish. "Lessons Learned…
on “Ask HN: Resources for learning manual software testing?” ↗…same ones), the estimated total falls out via statistics. It's not a method that's applied frequently even within organizations (I've worked in and with QA numerous times), and my copy of Cem Kaner's Testing Computer Software doesn't seem to address the matter. Boehm's Software Engineering Economics discusses software reliability modelling at page 181 (Chapter 10: Performance Models and Cost-Effectiveness Models). IEEE…
on “Broken by design: systemd” ↗I'm looking to break into the start-up world and learn about software testing and product management. I picked up the book Testing Computer Software by Cem Kaner and started CodeAcademy lessons. Anyone have any other books/suggestions to learn about coding, software testing, and product management?
on “What's the best way to learn software testing?” ↗…Press, 1993. Ranade and Nash. The Elements of C Programming Style. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1992. Kernighan and Plauger. The Elements of Programming Style. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1982. Caner, Cem, et al. Testing Computer Software, Second Edition. New York: Wiley Computer Publishing, 1999. Hunt, Andrew, et al. The Pragmatic Programmer. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 2000. Holub, Allen. Enough Rope to Shoot Yourself in the Foot:…
on “Ask HN: What are the books you wish your colleagues had read?” ↗Reminds me of a book I picked up about twenty years ago called "Testing Computer Software". I think it must have been written in the 80s, because instead of having a bug database, it talked about filling out a hardcopy form describing the issue and dropping it off at the programming department.…
on “Ask HN: What's the best source code you've read?” ↗