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Title

Teaching automated test case generation

Author(s)

Chen, Tsong Yueh;  Kuo, Fei-Ching;  Zhou, Zhi Quan

Abstract

Software testing is a major approach to software quality assurance, but it is relatively neglected in universities' computing curricula. For students majoring in computer science or software engineering, several basic testing methods need to be taught. These testing methods generate test cases based on either specifications or program code. When introducing the testing methods based on program code, it is not easy to let the students experience automated test case generation due to the lack of supporting tools and limited teaching hours. In this paper we report our experience in teaching this topic with limited resources. The evaluation result indicates that our teaching method is effective and can also be adopted in other computer science/software engineering subjects where similar constraints exist.

Publication type

Conference paper

Research centre

Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies

Source

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Quality Software (QSIC 2005), Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19-20 September 2005, pp. 327-332

Publication year

2005

Keyword(s)

Automated test case generation;  Colleges;  Computer science education;  Higher education;  Program testing;  Quality assurance;  Software engineering;  Software engineering education;  Software quality;  Software quality assurance;  Software testing;  Teaching;  Universities;  University computing curricula;  White-box testing

Publisher

IEEE

ISSN

1550-6002 (series ISSN)

ISBN

9780769524726, 0769524729

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/QSIC.2005.61

Copyright

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