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SWE 637 : Software Testing
Schedule—Fall 2018

Note: AO i means chapter i in Ammann and Offutt’s book, edition 2 (draft). A solution manual is available.
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Week Topic & Readings Assignments Quizzes &
  links     in-class
Week 1
27-Aug 		Administration and Responsibilties
Why Test Software?
   Smart developers want to test!
   2011 CWE/SANS Top 25 Most
   Dangerous Software Errors 		Admin pptx
Responsibilities pptx
AO 1 pptx 		Assign 1
3-Sep Labor day; No class
Week 2
10-Sep 		Model-Driven Test Design
Test Automation
   Testing matters! 		Summary week 1
AO 2 pptx
AO 3 pptx 		Assign 2 Quiz 1
Week 3
17-Sep 		Putting Testing First
Coverage Criteria
   Testing matters! 		AO 4 pptx
TDD example
AO 5 pptx 		Assign 3 Quiz 2
Week 4
24-Sep 		Input Space Partitioning
The Way of Testivus 		AO 6.1 pptx Assign 4 Quiz 3
Week 5
1-Oct 		Input Space Partitioning AO 6.2-6.3
6.4 pptx
Iterator 		Assign 3B Quiz 4
Week 6
9-Oct
(Tue) The Columbus Day holiday is on Monday. Monday classes already had a vacation on Labor day, so classes on Tuesday are cancelled this week and Monday classes meet on Tuesday.
Yes, Mason can be a weird place ... 		Graph Coverage
Graph coverage web app
Data flow coverage web app
   Samsung breaks national test scores 		AO 7.1-7.2 pptx Assign 5 Quiz 5
Week 7
15-Oct 		Graph Coverage for Code AO 7.3 pptx Assign 6 Quiz 6
Week 8
22-Oct 		Design Graph Coverage
Specifications and Use Case Graphs
Code Coverage for Flash 		AO 7.4 pptx
AO 7.5 pptx
AO 7.6 pptx 		Assign 7 Quiz 7
Week 9
29-Oct
An inverted class
Logic Testing
Logic coverage web app
The Logical Song 		AO 8.1 pptx
View recorded lectures
 on the book website
 before class 		Assign 8 Quiz 8
Week 10
5-Nov
An inverted class
More Logic Testing 		AO 8.3 pptx
View recorded lectures
 on the book website
 before class 		Assign 9 Quiz 9
Week 11
12-Nov 		Still More Logic Testing
Google tests everywhere 		AO 8.4 pptx
AO 8.5 pptx 		Assign 10 Quiz 10
Week 12
19-Nov 		Syntax-based Testing AO 9.1 pptx Assign 11 Quiz 11
Week 13
26-Nov 		More Syntax-based Testing AO 9.2 pptx
AO 9.3 pptx 		Assign 12 Quiz 12
Code Defenders
Week 14
3-Dec 		Still More Syntax-based Testing
10 Seriously Epic Software Failures
Course Wrap Up & Review 		AO 9.4 pptx Dropped
AO 9.5 pptx
Criteria Summary pptx
Review 		  Quiz 13
 10-Dec Reading day; No class
Week 15
17-Dec 		FINAL EXAM (4:30-7:15)      

This schedule is approximate and subject to change.
Last update October 2018

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