Software Testing

By Prof. Meenakshi D'souza | IIIT Bangalore

Learners enrolled: 18791 | Exam registration: 6961

ABOUT THE COURSE :

This course will cover various techniques for test case design, as used for testing of software artifacts including requirements, design and code. We will discuss algorithms and techniques for test case design based on graphs, logic, syntax of programming languages and on inputs. Special techniques for testing object-oriented features and web applications will also be discussed. The course will end with symbolic testing techniques. These broadly will cover test cases for both white-box and black-box.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Any Interested Learners

PRE-REQUISITES: Programming, Algorithms, Discrete Mathematics (basics)

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: The material of this course has been used to offer training for Samsung, ABB and Mindtree. The course will be useful for any firm that does tests their software.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Computer Science and Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Start Date :	22 Jul 2024
End Date :	11 Oct 2024
Enrollment Ends :	05 Aug 2024
Exam Registration Ends :	16 Aug 2024
Exam Date :	26 Oct 2024 IST

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Techniques and algorithms for test case design: Graphs based testing- structural coverage criteria.

Week 2: Graphs based testing: Data flow coverage criteria

Week 3: Graphs based testing: Data flow coverage criteria

Week 4: Graphs coverage for source code, design elements and requirements

Week 5: Techniques and algorithms for test case design: Logic based testing- Predicates, logic based coverage criteria

Week 6: Specification based logic coverage, logic coverage on finite state machines

Week 7: Input space partitioning: Input domain modeling, combination strategies criteria

Week 8: Syntax based testing: Coverage criteria based on syntax, mutation testing

Week 9: Test case design (as learnt above) applied to object-oriented applications

Week 10: Test case design (as learnt above) applied to web applications

Week 11: Symbolic testing

Week 12: Concolic testing, Conclusion

Instructor bio

Prof. Meenakshi D'souza

IIIT Bangalore

Prof. Meenakshi D'souza is currently an Associate Professor at IIIT-Bangalore.Meenakshi did her Master TMs in Mathematics from University of Madras, Chennai and her Ph. D. in Theoretical Computer Science from The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai. She joined the research department of Honeywell Technology Solutions, Bangalore soon after completing her Ph. D. and worked there in the areas of Formal Verification of Software Design, Model Based Development and Physical Access Control before joining IIIT-Bangalore. Her research interests are in Formal Methods, Model Based Development,Software Testing and Automata Theory.

TEACHING ASSISTANT:

Shreeya Venneti is a 5th-year student in the dual degree (B.Tech + M.Tech) program in Computer Science Engineering at IIIT Bangalore. She is the top performer in the Software Testing course taught by Prof. Meenakshi Dsouza at IIITB and has consistently been on the Dean's Merit List, awarded to select students for outstanding academic performance. Shreeya has also served as a Teaching Assistant for several other courses, including Machine Learning, C++, and Java at IIITB.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 26 October 2024 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIIT Bangalore .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

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