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About the Course

After completing this course, you will have an understanding of the fundamental principles and processes of software testing. You will have actively created test cases and run them using an automated testing tool. You will being writing and recognizing good test cases, including input data and expected outcomes. After completing this course, you will be able to… - Describe the difference between verification and validation. - Explain the goal of testing. - Use appropriate test terminology in communication; specifically: test fixture, logical test case, concrete test case, test script, test oracle, and fault. - Describe the motivations for white and black box testing. - Compare and contrast test-first and test-last development techniques. - Measure test adequacy using statement and branch coverage. - Reason about the causes and acceptability of and poor coverage - Assess the fault-finding effectiveness of a functional test suite using mutation testing. - Critique black-box and white-box testing, describing the benefits and use of each within the greater development effort. - Distinguish among the expected-value (true), heuristic, consistency (as used in A/B regression), and probability test oracles and select the one best-suited to the testing objective. - Craft unit and integration test cases to detect defects within code and automate these tests using JUnit. To achieve this, students will employ test doubles to support their tests, including stubs (for state verification) and mocks (for behavioral verification) (https://martinfowler.com/articles/mocksArentStubs.html). This course is primarily aimed at those learners interested in any of the following roles: Software Engineer, Software Engineer in Test, Test Automation Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Software Developer, Programmer, Computer Enthusiast. We expect that you should have an understanding of the Java programming language (or any similar object-oriented language and the ability to pick up Java syntax quickly) and some knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle....

Top reviews

DW

Jun 13, 2022

I like this course very much! The coding assignment is easy but always incldues all the essential things we need to learn. I feel so happy that I jsut finished my first unit testing project.

AH

Aug 26, 2020

I love this course, the explanation is great, the assignments are very challenging. I learned many things from software testing. Thanks, Prof. Mike Whalen and Mr. Kevin Wendt

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By Nikolay Y

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Oct 3, 2021

Great course! It was difficult to accomplish assignments with no Java programming experience, but I did it, with help of my programming basics knowledge. I liked much Coursera platform, and the way the instructors explaining course content.

By İzzet C K

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May 16, 2021

As a Software Test Engineer,i really enjoyed much and enhanced my knowledge about many things such as Unit Testing,Test Plan,Test Doubles,Test Mocking and list goes and on.Thank you very much for presenting this course.

By Jananie R

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Feb 6, 2021

The Instructors were wonderful and all the concepts were clearly explained and the corresponding assignments were useful to understand and implement the learnt concepts

By pournima r

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Jul 13, 2022

Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity. this course is really important for me and Thank you for approveing financial aid for me.

By Haresh S

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Jul 15, 2024

I'm an university student. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the lecturers, University and Coursera. This course is amazing.

By Rana M Z

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Oct 5, 2021

It was an great experience for me I learn a lot from Coursera thanks for giving me such a great platform Thanks a lot.

By Ganjar S U

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Mar 20, 2022

The best course available to kickstart my fundamental knowledge related to software testing

By Sajidullah B

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May 3, 2023

Robust course on Unit Testing and overall process of Testing and Test-Driven development!

By THIOMBANE M

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Apr 15, 2023

Highly recommend for those wishing to specialize in the field of software testing

By ROZY F

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Nov 3, 2021

Overall This Course is Good. But, I Hope This Course Updated is always updated

By Varsha M

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Jul 18, 2021

A very nice course allowing students to apply theory concepts in assignments.

By Anamul H

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Aug 23, 2022

Fundamental Software testing is one of the most important for SQA engineer.

By Mohoshi H

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Jan 26, 2022

This courser actually help me to create some Test Plan and Documentation.

By Don N

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Aug 20, 2021

The programming assignment is a bit hard. But finally done. Nice course.

By Dinesh N

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May 5, 2021

The course was really interesting and learnt new things in testing.

By Junaid U R

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Mar 25, 2021

It's a Great and Good Learning opportunity. Its Really means Alot

By Gleb P

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Feb 9, 2021

The basics of QA is pretty good delivered during the course.

By Vazgen T

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Jul 12, 2023

That is an amazing course, thanks for the shared materials.

By Aditya G

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Nov 21, 2020

Course was very good. Instructors were the best.

By Maksym A

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Nov 20, 2020

Very good and complex course for studying tests.

By Hansika S

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Aug 25, 2024

Nice course for beginners to software testing

By POORNANANDA B M

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Sep 23, 2021

Learning content is simple and practical.

By Cristian A

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Dec 6, 2022

Maravilloso curso muy bueno excelente

By Sapna S

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Mar 16, 2024

Pretty adequately covers all basics

By Gintaras R

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Sep 5, 2020

Thank you very much for the course!