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Topic: When a program becomes outdated. Sometimes, programs lose relevancy; whether it is because new software has been developed that eclipse the capabilities of the older software, or because of a lack of developer interest, programs eventually become outdated or obsolete. Take for example Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer was Microsoft’s internet browser developed for their Windows line of…

Topic: Software Versions (Pre-Alpha, Alpha, Beta, Release)

There are classifications that software falls into dependent on the stage of development it is in. In the Pre-Alpha stage, this is where the plans for the software are made and a general design is thought up.

During the Alpha stage, there is a working program (which is prone to bugs and crashes and, at worst, data loss.) Most developers…

Topic: Steps to creating quality software/Software Development Cycle

  There is a general procedure to how software is created that can help assure that there is a baseline for quality – a plan for how the software should work, what functions it can complete, what the customer of the software wants and more. Out of six steps in the design process, three have to do with coming up with the design,…

Topic: CppUnit in Microsoft Visual Studio

So, we have JUnit tests for Java files. But what about C++ files? What is a Unit test format we could use for this programming language? One solution that appears similar to JUnit (in terms of how the code is formatted,) is CppUnit, part of the Microsoft Unit Testing Framework for C++.

In the header, you need to use #include to make sure you have the…

Topic: What is JUnit testing?

JUnit is the most widely known testing framework for Java. JUnit tests typically are developed prior to the development of actual code. With the tests in place, the developer knows how the code should function (much like if an Interface class was created, outlining the needed methods of a class implementing the Interface.) Once code is written in the main class, the…

Topic: Main classes VS Test classes

In Java, the project in the file system is set up in such a way that there are two separate directories for code to be put into. The file directory looks something like (src/main/java) for the main code, and (src/test/java) for the testing code. The testing code should be developed first to outline how the main code will function.

In the main java folder, one…

Post Topic: Testing with Java vs C++

So, how are the programming languages – Java and C++ – similar or different in the testing stage? Both use a similar kind of testing known as Unit testing, which executes a specific function in C++ or a method in Java.

These tests are referred to slightly differently. For C++ they are known simply as Unit tests and are written in c files. In Java, the tests…

Software Quality Assurance & Testing (SQAT Post 1)

Hello, Reader, and welcome back to my Computer Science blog. This section of my blog will be dedicated to my class on (you guessed it) the quality of Software and how to assess and manage it.

This post only really serves as an introduction to this section. Our first class today focused on inter-team dynamics and working together to complete Models (a collection of questions related to the days…