Subject description - B4M36ZKS

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B4M36ZKS Software Quality Assurance
Roles:PO, PS Extent of teaching:2P+2C
Department:13136 Language of teaching:CS
Guarantors:Bureš M. Completion:Z,ZK
Lecturers:Bureš M., Frajták K., Klíma M. Credits:6
Tutors:Bulat K., Bureš M., Frajták K., Klíma M. Semester:Z

Web page:

https://moodle.fel.cvut.cz/courses/B4M36ZKS

Anotation:

The course aims to introduce software testing and quality assurance techniques. After an introduction to testing methodology, students will learn techniques for creating tests based on application models, which form the foundation for designing both manual and automated tests. They will then learn to write effective unit tests and become acquainted with automated testing techniques at various levels.

Content:

1. Introduction, testing methodology, test automation, formal methods, and their relations
2. Software quality characteristics
3. Quality assurance within the standard Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
4. Equivalence classes and combinatorial testing (Combinatorial and Constrained Interaction Testing)
5. Process testing (Path-based Testing and Constrained Path-based Testing)
6. Data consistency testing, MC/DC, Elementary Comparison Test
7. Advanced model-based testing techniques
8. Static code testing
9. Test automation and Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
10. Symbolic/concolic evaluation
11. Use of LLMs for test generation and quality assurance of LLM outputs
12. Quality assurance processes in the software industry (guest lecture from industry)
13. Contingency
14. Exam pre-term

Course outlines:

Exercises outline:

Literature:

Recommended literature:
[1] Paul Ammann and Jeff Offutt. Introduction to Software Testing 2nd Edition, 2016, Cambridge University Press.
[2] D. Richard Kuhn, Raghu N. Kacker, Yu Lei. Introduction to Combinatorial Testing, 2013, Chapman & Hall.
[3] Mark Collin. Mastering Selenium WebDriver 3.0, 2nd Edition, 2018, Packt Publishing.
[4] Vladimir Khorikov. Unit Testing: Principles, Practices and Patterns, 2020, Manning.

Requirements:

Subject is included into these academic programs:

Program Branch Role Recommended semester
MPOI2_2026 Cyber Security PS 3
MPOI6_2018 Software Engineering PO 1
MPOI2_2018 Cyber Security PO 3
MPOI6_2026 Software Engineering PS 1
MPOI1_2018 Human-Computer Interaction PO 3


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