Software Testing Methodologies (B.Tech (IV Year I Semester - CSE & IT) JNTU - H & A)

UNIT - I INTRODUCTION Purpose of Testing, Dichotomies, Model for Testing, Consequences of Bugs, Taxonomy of Bugs. UNIT - II FLOW GRAPHS AND PATH TESTING Basics Concepts of Path Testing, Predicates, Path Predicates and Achievable Paths, Path Sensitizing, Path Instrumentation, Application of Path Testing. UNIT - III TRANSACTION FLOW TESTING Transaction Flow Testing : Transaction Flows, Transaction Flow Testing Techniques. Dataflow Testing : Basics of Dataflow Testing, Strategies in Dataflow Testing, Application of Dataflow Testing. UNIT - IV DOMAIN TESTING Domains and Paths, Nice and Ugly Domains, Domain Testing, Domains and Interfaces Testing, Domain and Interface Testing, Domains and Testability. UNIT - V PATHS, PATH PRODUCTS AND REGULAR EXPRESSIONS Path Products and Path Expression, Reduction Procedure, Applications, Regular Expressions and Flow Anomaly Detection. UNIT - VI LOGIC BASED TESTING Overview, Decision Tables Path Expressions, KV Charts, Specifications. UNIT - VII STATE, STATE GRAPHS AND TRANSITION TESTING State Graphs, Good and Bad State Graphs, State Testing, Testability Tips. UNIT - VIII GRAPH MATRICES AND APPLICATION Motivational Overview, Matrix of Graph, Relations, Power of a Matrix, Node Reduction Algorithm, Building Tools. (Student should be given an exposure to a tool like JMeter or Win-runner).