Testing computer software, second edition april 1999. Cem kaner, jd, phd, is a professor of computer sciences at florida institute of technology. The impossibility of complete testing pdf cem kaner. He is perhaps best known outside academia as an advocate of software usability and software testing. Kaner is senior author of testing computer software, lessons learned in software testing and bad software. Testing computer software cem kaner, jack falk, hung q. This book is about doing testing when your coworkers dont, wont and. Oddly, this is the only description of how someone actually tests software 2. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
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Cem kaner consults on technical and software development management issues and teaches about software testing at local universities and at several software companies. The original printing of testing computer software set the standard for the emerging field of test engineering with a full tour of the state of the art in managing the testing process. This books publish date is nov 23, 1988 and it has a. Hung quoc nguyen this book will teach you how to test computer software under realworld conditions. This is the best selling book on software testing in the history of the field. Foundations of software testing cem kaner, rebecca l fiedler on amazon. The domain testing workbook, kaner, cem, padmanabhan. Testing computer software by cem kaner 9780830695638. He also consults on technical and management issues, and practices law within the software development. When a problem exists, the test will reveal it valid. The acms special interest group for computers and society presented him with the making a difference award in 2009 and the software test professionals presented him with the software test luminary award in 2012. The title of this book is testing computer software and it was written by cem kaner. The ongoing revolution in software testing cem kaner, j.
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