C/C++ Software Quality Tools [Paperback]

Mark L. Murphy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1996

Software testing is a critical stage in a product's climb to success or fall to failure. This book offers a practical approach to software quality assurance, with a special emphasis on the tools needed to assist in the process. The book covers the entire process from initial development to the final testing of a software product. It focuses on Continuous Improvement (CI) - the key for firms seeking ISO-9000 quality certification. It also teaches readers about the software testing process and how tools can help accelerate and enhance efforts to achieve better quality, shows how to build custom testing tools, and includes 6 testing tools and a sample application. The accompanying disk contains six tools, including: AssertLib, ResTrack, UTCGen, UTCLang, UTCCover and WinCapT. It also contains the source code to the example program included in the book, Address Lite. The included tools work with all major C++ compilers, including Borland C++, Symantec C++, Microsoft Visual C++ and Watcom.

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From the Publisher

Written to facilitate C/C++ programmers in developing software with superior quality, the text provides tools and libraries for constructing, evaluating, and assuring quality products. The tools guide users through the software testing process and illustrate how better quality is enhanced and achieved. Murphy's book also presents an overview of software quality assurance automation for C and C++, including technical as well as less–technical chapters that are suitable for both non–programming and programming personnel.

Product Details

• Paperback: 327 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; Pap/Dis edition (January 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0134451236
• ISBN-13: 978-0134451237
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,796,567 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars useful look at "everything else" that developers use, July 9, 1998

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This review is from: C/C++ Software Quality Tools (Paperback)

Mark Murphy's C/C++ Software Quality Tools looks at what your current programming environment ought to provide, but probably doesn't. Along with three introductory chapters, two chapters on testing in general, and a brief concluding chapter, Murphy gives us one chapter on each of six different quality-assurance tools. Its major weakness is its use of a home-grown scripting language.