Diploma in Software Testing

This free Software Testing course covers the most important topics of software testing, from functional testing to black and white box testing. In this so-called Age of Apps, software testing is becoming an indispensable part of software development. This means there are great career opportunities for software testers. With this course, you will be able to enhance your r?sum? and become a professional software tester.

What You Will Learn In This Free Course

Introduction to Levels of Testing

In this module you will be introduced to software testing. You will learn about when testing begins in the software development life cycle. You will learn about the verification and validation processes of testing, about the different testing levels, and what the different levels test.

Basic Concepts in Testing and Unit Testing

In this module you will learn about the pesticide effect for software testing. You will learn about the software development life cycle V model, its strengths and weaknesses. You will learn about the evolution of test automation, comparing the testing tools available. You will learn about the fault model and how it outlines the types of faults in the program. You will learn about test cases, and design and planning and strategies for test cases. Finally, you will learn about unit testing.

Equivalence and Special Value Testing

In this module you will be introduced to Equivalence class testing, you will learn how equivalence class testing works and is based on the input data. You will learn about equivalence classes been created for both invalid and valid data. You will learn about special value testing and about its two types General and Special risk. You will learn about boundary value analysis and how it works.

Combinatorial and White-Box Testing

In this module you will be introduced to Combinatorial testing. You will learn about different types of combinatorial testing strategies. You will learn about Decision table-based testing. You will learn about cause-effect graphing and how it can help you with decision tables. You will learn about pair-wise or all-pairs testing and how it works. You will learn about white-box testing and about several strategies for it. Finally, you will learn about white-box testing strategies.

Diploma in Software Testing – First Assessment

You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.; Module

MC/DC Testing

In this module you will be introduced to coverage based testing. You will learn about the basic condition coverage testing. You will learn about other types of coverage based techniques. You will learn about which is the strongest and weakest coverage based techniques. You will learn about the Modified condition and decision coverage testing (MC/DC testing).

Path, Dataflow and Mutation Testing

In this module you will be introduced to path testing another coverage testing technique. You will learn about creating control flow graphs. You will learn about using Dataflow testing to test your variables in a program. You will learn about introducing faults into your program for mutation testing. You will learn about how mutation testing works, its drawbacks and terminology. You will be introduced to integration testing, what it is and different approaches to integration testing.

Introduction to Testing Levels

In this module you will be introduced to the testing levels above unit testing. You will learn about integration testing. You will learn about the different approaches for integration testing and how they work. You will learn about system testing and what its objective is. You will learn about different types of system performance testing. You will learn about what many of the performance tests, test the system on. You will learn about regression testing when it?s performed and why.

Testing Object-Orientated Programs

In this module you will be introduced to testing Object-Orientated programs. You will learn about how OO programming was supposed to make testing easier. You will learn about how some testing methods for Procedural programs will not work with OO programs. You will learn about how features of OO programming such as inheritance and Polymorphism will make you test your program differently. You will learn about the different integration testing strategies for testing your OO program.

Diploma in Software Testing – Second Assessment

You must score 80% or more to pass this assessment.; Module

Course assessment