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Software Testing and Design


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Software Testing and Design
An examination of the interdependent process of designing new software and testing it for errors and debugging, focusing on procedural software and object-oriented software.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages) | 4 sources | 2000 United States


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"Before discussing the comparative testing requirements of traditional, procedural software and object-oriented software, it is necessary to ask a basic question: what does it mean to test software? The answer given by one authority is simple and straightforward. According to Glenford Myers, "testing is the process of executing a program with the intent of finding errors" (Williams, 1995, p. 252). Errors are inevitable; has anyone ever written "Hello, world" in a new language for the first time and had it run on the first attempt?


Moreover, the most serious errors are not those that cause the program to fail to compile, or even runtime errors that produce obvious nonsense output. A tricker class of errors -- and particularly difficult for the designers to find -- are those that result from unintended "error" inputs. The designers, who know..."

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Software Testing and Design (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Software-Testing-and-Design/15633

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"Software Testing and Design" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Software-Testing-and-Design/15633>




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