Brittany Johnson, Ph.D.

Software Testing and Maintenance (SWE 437/637)
Fall 2024

Class meeting time: Thursdays, 4:30 - 7:10 pm
Class location: Exploratory Hall L102

Office hours (virtual): Tuesdays, 1:00 - 2:00 pm
Office hours (in-person):Thursdays, 10:00 am - 11:00 am

Course Syllabus
Course Piazza (invite only)


Supplementary Readings for SWE 437
Coding for change
Designing for change
Maintenance overview
Evolutionary design

Schedule

AO-Chapter x means chapter x in the Ammann and Offutt textbook.
K-Chapter x means chapter x in the Koskela textbook.

Date	Topic	Readings & Handouts	Assignments	In-Class
Meet 1 Thu 08/29	Overview and Intro to Testing	AO Chapter 1 Class Overview Why Test?
Meet 2 Thu 09/05	Model Driven Test Design	AO Chapter 2 (Slides)	Assign 1 due	In-class
Meet 3 Thu 09/12	Test Automation	AO Chapter 3 (Slides)		In-class
Meet 4 Thu 09/19	Test Driven Development (TDD)	AO-Chapter 4 & K-Chapter 1, 2, and 3 TDD & Agile Getting Started with TDD Spikes and Refactoring (have IDE, such as Eclipse, installed on laptop)		In-class
Meet 5 Thu 09/26	Agile & Criteria-based Testing	AO Chapter 5 & 12 Criteria-Based Test Design Test Doubles	Assign 2 due	In-class
Meet 6 Thu 10/03	Input Space Coverage	AO Chapter 6 (Slides)		In-class
Meet 7 Thu 10/10	Input Space Coverage Extended Exercise	AO Chapter 6 (Slides + exercise)	Assign 3 due
Meet 8 Thu 10/17	Graph Coverage	AO Chapter 7.1 & 7.2 (Slides)		In-class
Meet 9 Thu 10/24	Graph Coverage for Source Code	AO Chapter 7.3 Slides	Assign 4 due	In-class
Meet 10 Thu 10/31	Semantic Logic Coverage	AO Chapter 8.1 (Slides)		In-class
Meet 11 Thu 11/07	Syntactic Logic Coverage	AO Chapter 8.2 (Slides)		In-class
Meet 12 Thu 11/14	Applying Logic Criteria	AO Chapter 8.3 (Slides)	Assign 5 due	In-class
Meet 13 Thu 11/21	Syntax Coverage & Mutation Testing	AO Chapter 9 (Slides)		In-class
Thu 11/28	No class (Thanksgiving Recess)
Meet 14 Thu 12/05	Class Wrap-Up and Review	Slides	Assign 6 due	Exam Practice
Thursday December 12 4:30 - 7:15 pm	FINAL EXAM Mason's final exam schedule