Visual Basic for Testers

by Sweeney, Mary

• ISBN13: 9781893115538
• ISBN10: 1893115534
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

The goal ofVisual Basic for Testersis to teach you how to use Visual Basic to increase your level of sophistication as a tester. You'll learn how to use VB to write an automated testing project and what to look for in a well-written VB program. Author Mary Sweeney will help you gain the experience necessary both to use VB to support an automated text project and to text a commercial application written in VB.Visual Basic for Testersis easy to read and understand, and is not intended to be a high-level technical reference. Rather, it is a practical guide with many examples provided by real testers with real-world experience in writing VB test code. It is useful for those considering a career in testing and wondering just what the difference is between writing code for testing and writing code for software development.Since testers often want to move to development tracks, Sweeney also presents information on programming and the issues involved in maintenance and debugging.

Table of Contents

Forewords	xvii
Elfriede Dustin
James Bach
Acknowledgments	xix
Introduction	xxi
Part One In the Beginning: Preparing for Automated Script Writing	1	(36)
Automated Software Testing Overview	3	(14)
Getting Started with Visual Basic on an Automated Testing Project	17	(20)
Part Two The Second Stage: Introduction to Automated Script Writing	37	(98)
Introduction to the Visual Basic Development Environment	39	(42)
Understanding Visual Basic Application Essentials	81	(54)
Part Three Beyond the Basics: Now You're Testing!	135	(118)
Creating Test Utilities	137	(46)
Testing with the Windows Registry	183	(28)
Introduction to the Windows Application Programmer's Interface (API)	211	(42)
Part Four Advanced Topics in Automated Test Scripting	253	(210)
Introduction to Database Testing	255	(38)
Introduction to Testing COM Components	293	(64)
Testing the Web with Visual Basic	357	(50)
VB.NET: Brave New World	407	(46)
From Tester to Tester: Advice to the Visual Basic Automator	453	(10)
Appendixes	463	(58)
Appendix A Resources and References	465	(6)
Appendix B More Controls	471	(8)
Appendix C File Access and Management	479	(10)
Appendix D Required Reading: Automated Testing Essays	489	(32)
Index	521