As software becomes more ubiquitous and complex, the cost of software bugs continues to grow at a staggering rate. To remedy this situation, there needs to be major improvement in the knowledge and application of software validation techniques. Although there are several software validation techniques, software testing continues to be one of the most widely used in industry. The high demand for software engineers in the next decade has resulted in more software engineering (SE) courses being offered in academic institutions. However, due to the number of topics to be covered in SE courses, little or no attention is given to software testing, resulting in students entering industry with little or no testing experience.We propose a minimally disruptive approach of integrating software testing into SE courses by providing students access to a collaborative learning environment containing learning materials on testing techniques and testing tools. In this article, we describe the learning environment and the studies conducted to measure the benefits accrued by students using the learning environment in the SE courses. . 2014. Integrating testing into software engineering courses supported by a collaborative learning environment. ACM Trans. Comput.
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One of the main concerns in the software industry continues to be the development of high quality software. This concern will be exacerbated as software systems become more complex. The training of software developers continues to grow in academia since more institutions are offering software engineering (SE) courses. However, the list of topics that are expected to be covered in this course leaves little or no time for topics that focus on developing quality software, such as software testing and the use of testing tools.In this paper we describe an approach that non-intrusively integrates the use of software testing tools in SE courses. The cornerstone of our approach is the interaction students have with a Web-Based Repository of Software Testing Tools (WReSTT) that contains tutorials on testing concepts and testing tools. WReSTT employs both collaborative learning and social networking features that are attractive to students. We present the results of preliminary study performed in two SE courses that show how using the resources in WReSTT can potentially impact the students' understanding of software testing and the use of testing tools.
As web applications become more complex and dependent on numerous web technologies, regression testing becomes a time-consuming and expensive endeavor. Many approaches have been proposed to automate the testing process; however few of the approaches utilize the concepts of autonomic computing to symplify the management of a test harness. In this paper, we introduce a self-configuring autonomic test harness. Our test harness monitors the client-side of a web application to detect which web technologies were used to implement the interface. It then automatically selects a testing tool capable of validating any technology-specific features, generates an automated test script, and runs it on the web application.Test generation is performed using a model-driven approach which encodes test cases in a platform independent manner, and transforms them into platform specific tests using a model of various web technologies. In this way, our approach supports regression testing from the web interface as the application migrates to new technologies. We also present the details of a prototype used to demonstrate the approach.
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