Advanced Software Testing - Vol. 1, 2nd Edition, 2nd Edition

Preface

I’ve worked as a software engineer for over 30 years. When I started as a programmer, I learned to unit test my code as I wrote it. When I became a professional tester about 25 years ago, I tested my own code and other people’s code.

I received my degree in software engineering in the 1980s at the University of California, Los Angeles, which is a prestigious university. However, I learned very little about testing there. So, when I became a professional tester, I found that I had to teach myself the skills, both from books and from experience.

In the 1980s, software testing was just emerging as a separate discipline within software engineering. It’s no surprise that universities, even prestigious universities, would not provide much education ...