Software Test Design

A guide to writing comprehensive test plans covering exploratory testing and feature specification; black and white box testing; security, usability, and maintainability; and load and stress testing

Key Features

• Cover all key forms of testing for modern applications systematically
• Understand anti-patterns and pitfalls in system design with the help of practical examples
• Learn the strengths and weaknesses of different forms of testing and how to combine them effectively

Book Description

What you will learn

• Understand how to investigate new features using exploratory testing
• Discover how to write clear, detailed feature specifi cations
• Explore systematic test techniques such as equivalence partitioning
• Understand the strengths and weaknesses of black- and white-box testing
• Recognize the importance of security, usability, and maintainability testing
• Verify application resilience by running destructive tests
• Run load and stress tests to measure system performance

Who this book is for

This book is for anyone testing software projects for mobile, web, or desktop applications. That includes Dedicated QA engineers managing software quality, Test and test automation engineers writing formal test plans, Test and QA managers running teams responsible for testing, Product owners responsible for product delivery, and Developers who want to improve the testing of their code.