Software Testing: Principles and Practice - Softcover

Desikan, Srinivasan; Ramesh, Gopalaswany

Softcover

ISBN 10: 817758295X ISBN 13: 9788177582956

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2007

Synopsis

Software Testing Principles and Practices by Srinivasan Desikan and Gopalaswamy Ramesh serves as a guide to any student or professional in the field of software. The book provides the reader with all information on the popular testing methods of software. It also addresses the common issues faced by people in this field. Apart from theoretical explanation, this book also guides a reader with the practical use of software.

About this title

About the Author:

Srinivasan Desikan is Senior Systems Architect at HP, System Technology and Software Division (STSD), Bangalore, India, and has worked as Director of Quality Assurance and Testing at Talisma, Siebel and Agile Software. He has contributed to several technical and management positions at Novell Inc, Wipro Infotech, and C-DOT and was part of large testing and product development teams. He has been in the field of testing since 1989 and some of those products enjoyed several million customers worldwide. He is well known to the testing community around the world and has vast experience in test automation, test management, test processes, test lab maintainance and in setting up test teams from scratch. He presented papers on testing in the international testing conferences such as QAI-India, ASIASTAR-2002 (Melbourne), PSQT/PSTT-2003 (Washington), SPIN (Chennai) and STeP-IN (Bangalore). A post gradute in computer applications from Pondicherry Engineering College, the author is currently the convener of the quality forum at the Bangalore Chamber of Industries and Commerce (BCIC). He is serving as adjunct professor at several colleges/universities/institutes to promote Software Testing as a subject.
Gopalaswamy Ramesh is an independent consultant and an adjunct professor at Loyola Institute of Business Management, SSN School of Management and Computer Applications, Great Lakes Institute of Management in Chennai and International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore. He has over 25 years of industry experience in India and abroad, and has held various technical and management positions. He started his career with Tata Burroughs Limited (now Tata Infotech), working in UK and then moved to Far East Computers, Singapore, heading pre-sales and post-sales operations for Oracle products in the ASEAN region in the early 1980s. While at Singapore, he was instrumental in launching Oracle in ASEAN countries, including China, before moving over to Oracle's headquarters in California. In India, he played a key role in starting Oracle's India Development Center (IDC) from scratch, and has contributed to its growth and development. He is the author of the best-selling, national-award-winning ,Managing Global Software Projects,which was translated into Chinese. He is the co-author of Software Maintainence and is currently co-authoring books on soft skills and software quality. He has delivered lectures in several international forums and institutions, and currently consults on project management and related areas to several companies, in India and abroad.

Review:

I have been working as Software test engineer for more than 4 years and needed a refresher on testing principles. This book should be read by all testers, fresher or professional as it covers a wide array of topics including many methods of testing and even little bit about automation testing. There are very few examples and the topics covered are described in a concise manner. It is useful in covering topics quickly or preparing for an interview and I think this was the intention of the authors. --by Aziz Ansari on May 20, 2014

I was looking for a book where in I can refresh basics of testing though we do have material available for free on internet but I love reading books gives a feeling of serious studies. This is a very good book for freshers as well as professional. --by sonal singh on Nov 12, 2013

About this edition

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 817758295X
• ISBN 13: 9788177582956
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 486