Teaching Automated Test Case Generation

Authors:
Tsong Yueh Chen;Fei-Ching Kuo;Zhi Quan Zhou
Affiliations:
Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria, Australia;Swinburne University of Technology, Victoria, Australia;University of Wollongong, Australia
Venue:
QSIC '05 Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Quality Software
Year:
2005

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Abstract

Software testing is a major approach to software quality assurance, but it is relatively neglected in universities' computing curricula. For students majoring in computer science or software engineering, several basic testing methods need to be taught. These testing methods generate test cases based on either specifications or program code. When introducing the testing methods based on program code, it is not easy to let the students experience automated test case generation due to the lack of supporting tools and limited teaching hours. In this paper we report our experience in teaching this topic with limited resources. The evaluation result indicates that our teaching method is effective and can also be adopted in other computer science / software engineering subjects where similar constraints exist.