HubHip - Software Testing

DescriptionTesting is a process used to help identifying the correctness, completeness and quality of developed computer software. It aims at identifying defects, where a defect is any variance between actual and expected results

In general, software engineers distinguish software faults and software failures. In case of a failure, the software does not do what the user expects. A fault is a programming error that may or may not actually manifest as a failure. A fault can also be described as an error in the correctness of the semantic of a computer program. A fault will become a failure if the exact computation conditions are met, one of them being that the faulty portion of computer software executes on the CPU. A fault can also turn into a failure when the software is ported to a different hardware platform or a different compiler, or when the software gets extended.

Software testing may be viewed as a sub-field of software quality assurance (SQA) but typically exists independently (and there may be no SQA areas in some companies). In SQA, software process specialists and auditors take a broader view on software and its development. They examine and change the software engineering process itself to reduce the amount of faults that end up in the code or deliver faster.

Software Testing

Quality Tree, Inc. (Site) - A collection of essays, articles, 'ruminations' and QA links.

Software Testing (Site) - Weblog on software testing, testing tools and resources.

Software Testing (Site) - A platform for sharing the knowledge of Software Testing, Testing Tools and Techniques, approaches and methodologies.

Compendium Developments Ltd. (Site) - Software testing and software quality essays, book reviews, and tools. Authors of Compendium-TA, a commercial modeling tool.

Software Testing Institute (Site) - Quality publications, industry research and online services for the software development and testing professional.

Developer Testing, discussions about software quality (Site) - Website where staff members of Agitar Software place personal articles about what they know best: practices for software development and software testing that lead to better software quality.

Testing Foundations (Site) - Brian Marrick, author of the book 'The Craft Of Software Testing', provices information about the services he offers, downloadable writings, and tools developed by himself, complemented by his weblog and resources about agile testing.

STAQS - Software Testing and Quality Services (Site) - Resources and information for software testers, programmers, software engineers, and students interested in testing.

DCTester Portal (Site) - Portal with user forum, jobs, news, events, books and publications for software testing and software development professionals in the Washington DC area.

LogiGear Corporation (Site) - Providing software testing solutions including test tools, services and training, and a defect tracking solution. Offers articles by testing professionals, links to books and resources.

Professional Tester (Site) - An English-language quarterly magazine targeting professional testers of software worldwide. Offers online articles, jobs, information about testing companies and an event calendar.

SoftwareTestingWiki (Site) - A collaborative software testing and quality assurance resource also including general information about software development.

The Test Management Guide (Site) - Offers an alphabetic listing of terms and information about risk management complemented by general information on test management, and methods, the V model, the Quality Gate process and the BS7925-2 standard for software component testing.

Extreme Testing (Site) - Software QA and testing resources, testing methodologies and techniques complemented by a testing dictionary, interview questions, a quiz, book reviews, templates, test cases, grey box testing and recommendations.

SmartWare Technologies, Inc. (Site) - Offers SmartTest, a test case/test data generation tool, a review tool and a test method, complemented by related services including training, assessment and process improvement, and test data design.

QThreads.com (Site) - News, articles and room for users blogs about software quality, testing, processes and CMM.

Software Testing (Site) - Offers definitions, articles, and a directory of tools.

Comp.software.testing Frequently Asked Questions (Site) - FAQ list for the Usenet newsgroup.

Software Testing Sucks (Site) - Offers software testing information covering tools, testing types, Glossary/Vocabulary, Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Processes and Metrics complemented by testing jokes and history of Costly software bugs.

Software Testing Weblog (Site) - This weblog features various topics about software testing. Registered users may add articles and discuss issues related to highlighted topics.