Implementing Automated Software Testing: How to Save Time and Lower Costs While Raising Quality -

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Résumé :
How to use automated software testing (AST) to systematically reducedevelopment costs AND time to market? Up-to-the-minute coverage available nowhere else - including specific guidance forautomating the testing of mission-critical and real-time systems, security,performance, and open source software? Illuminates the business case for automated testing, and presents new bestpractices for implementing it? Shows how to avoid pitfalls that cause automated testing implementations to fail. SummaryAs software development organizations face growing demands for quality andspeed, more of them are turning to automated software testing. In this book,three of the field's leading experts explain automated software testing in detail,and present start-to-finish best practices for implementing it successfully. Thisexceptionally practical book draws on the authors' unsurpassed experienceworking with large development organizations in both the defense and privatesectors. It also offers up-to-the-minute guidance on utilizing automatedsoftware testing in mission-critical and real-time environments, as well asnever-before-published techniques for automating the testing of security,performance, and open source software systems. The authors thoroughlydemystify automated software testing: its elements, capabilities, limitations, andbusiness case. They assess today's key automation tools and techniques; showhow to avoid pitfalls; and walk through the entire implementation process,focusing on five key success factors. From establishing requirements todefining test cases, choosing tools to building skillsets, this book offers today'smost complete blueprint for success with automated software testing.