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How Google Tests Software by James A. Whittaker

How Google Tests Software

1st Edition

James A. Whittaker, Jason Arbon, Jeff Carollo

Pearson Education · Print & ebook · March 23, 2012

2012 Jolt Award finalist!

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Who it’s for
A practical look at Google’s software-testing techniques, from risk planning to continuous builds.
Themes
Software testing practices, Risk analysis and test planning, Testing tools and infrastructure
Genres
Testing & QA, Software Development, Dev Tools & Workflow

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2012 Jolt Award finalist! Pioneering the Future of Software Test Do you need to get it right, too? Then, learn from Google. Legendary testing expert James Whittaker, until recently a Google testing leader, and two top Google experts reveal exactly how Google tests software, offering brand-new best practices you can use even if you’re not quite Google’s size…yet!

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Breakthrough Techniques You Can Actually Use Discover 100% practical, amazingly scalable techniques for analyzing risk and planning tests…thinking like real users…implementing exploratory, black box, white box, and acceptance testing…getting usable feedback…tracking issues…choosing and creating tools…testing “Docs & Mocks,” interfaces, classes, modules, libraries, binaries, services, and infrastructure…reviewing code and refactoring…using test hooks, presubmit scripts, queues, continuous builds, and more. With these techniques, you can transform testing from a bottleneck into an accelerator–and make your whole organization more productive!

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A practical look at Google’s software-testing techniques, from risk planning to continuous builds.

Come here for

  • Risk analysis and test planning
  • Exploratory, black-box, and white-box testing

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  • Coverage from code reviews to services and infrastructure
  • Tools and workflows aimed at making testing an accelerator

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Testing & QA100%
Dev Tools & Workflow33%
Software Development32%

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Publisher categories

  • Testing & QA
Authors
James A. Whittaker, Jason Arbon, Jeff Carollo
Publisher
Pearson Education
Published
March 23, 2012
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Software testing practices · Risk analysis and test planning · Testing tools and infrastructure
Reading lane
Testing & QA