PTCCS366 Software Testing and Automation Syllabus:
PTCCS366 Software Testing and Automation Syllabus – Anna University Part time Regulation 2023
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
To understand the basics of software testing
To learn how to do the testing and planning effectively
To build test cases and execute them
To focus on wide aspects of testing and understanding multiple facets of testing
To get an insight about test automation and the tools used for test automation
UNIT I FOUNDATIONS OF SOFTWARE TESTING
Why do we test Software?, Black-Box Testing and White-Box Testing, Software Testing Life Cycle, V-model of Software Testing, Program Correctness and Verification, Reliability versus Safety, Failures, Errors and Faults (Defects), Software Testing Principles, Program Inspections, Stages of Testing: Unit Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing
UNIT II TEST PLANNING
The Goal of Test Planning, High Level Expectations,Intergroup Responsibilities, Test Phases, Test Strategy, Resource Requirements, Tester Assignments, Test Schedule, Test Cases, Bug Reporting, Metrics and Statistics.
UNIT III TEST DESIGN AND EXECUTION
Test Objective Identification, Test Design Factors, Requirement identification, Testable Requirements, Modeling a Test Design Process, Modeling Test Results, Boundary Value Testing, Equivalence Class Testing, Path Testing, Data Flow Testing, Test Design Preparedness Metrics, Test Case Design Effectiveness, Model-Driven Test Design, Test Procedures, Test Case Organization and Tracking, Bug Reporting, Bug Life Cycle.
UNIT IV ADVANCED TESTING CONCEPTS
Performance Testing: Load Testing, Stress Testing, Volume Testing, Fail-Over Testing, Recovery Testing, Configuration Testing, Compatibility Testing, Usability Testing, Testing the Documentation, Security testing, Testing in the Agile Environment, Testing Web and Mobile Applications.
UNIT V TEST AUTOMATION AND TOOLS
Automated Software Testing, Automate Testing of Web Applications, Selenium: Introducing Web Driver and Web Elements, Locating Web Elements, Actions on Web Elements, Different Web Drivers, Understanding Web Driver Events, Testing: Understanding Testing.xml, Adding Classes, Packages, Methods to Test, Test Reports.
30 PERIODS
PRACTICAL EXERCISES: 30 PERIODS
1. Develop the test plan for testing an e-commerce web/mobile application (www.amazon.in).
2. Design the test cases for testing the e-commerce application
3. Test the e-commerce application and report the defects in it.
4. Develop the test plan and design the test cases for an inventory control system.
5. Execute the test cases against a client server or desktop application and identify the defects.
6. Test the performance of the e-commerce application.
7. Automate the testing of e-commerce applications using Selenium.
8. Integrate TestNG with the above test automation.
9. Mini Project:
a) Build a data-driven framework using Selenium and TestNG
b) Build Page object Model using Selenium and TestNG
c) Build BDD framework with Selenium, TestNG and Cucumber
COURSE OUTCOMES:
CO1: Understand the basic concepts of software testing and the need for software testing
CO2: Design Test planning and different activities involved in test planning
CO3: Design effective test cases that can uncover critical defects in the application
CO4: Carry out advanced types of testing
CO5: Automate the software testing using Selenium and TestNG
TOTAL:60 PERIODS
TEXTBOOKS
1. Yogesh Singh, “Software Testing”, Cambridge University Press, 2012
2. Unmesh Gundecha, Satya Avasarala, “Selenium WebDriver 3 Practical Guide” – Second Edition 2018
REFERENCES
1. Glenford J. Myers, Corey Sandler, Tom Badgett, The Art of Software Testing, 3rd Edition, 2012, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
2. Ron Patton, Software testing, 2nd Edition, 2006, Sams Publishing
3. Paul C. Jorgensen, Software Testing: A Craftsman’s Approach, Fourth Edition, 2014, Taylor & Francis Group.
4. Carl Cocchiaro, Selenium Framework Design in Data-Driven Testing, 2018, Packt Publishing.
5. Elfriede Dustin, Thom Garrett, Bernie Gaurf, Implementing Automated Software Testing, 2009, Pearson Education, Inc.
6. Satya Avasarala, Selenium WebDriver Practical Guide, 2014, Packt Publishing.
7. Varun Menon, TestNg Beginner’s Guide, 2013, Packt Publishing.