Visual Basic for Testers [Paperback]

Mary Romero Sweeney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 30, 2001

The goal of Visual Basic for Testers is 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.

Since testers often want to move to development tracks, Sweeney also presents information on programming and the issues involved in maintenance and debugging.

What you’ll learn

Who this book is for

Visual Basic for Testers is 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.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Mary Romero Sweeney has been developing, using, and testing software systems for over 20 years for companies including Boeing, and Software Test Labs. She authored Visual Basic for Testers and speaks frequently at major software testing conferences. Mary is a college professor and also performs independent consultation and training through her company, Sammamish Software. She has degrees in mathematics and computer science from Seattle University, is an MCP in SQL Server, and is on the board and faculty of the International Institute for Software Testing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 576 pages
• Publisher: Apress; 1 edition (July 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893115534
• ISBN-13: 978-1893115538
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #998,182 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a programming book for testers by testers!!!!, June 12, 2002

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Joey V (Lexington, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Visual Basic for Testers (Paperback)

I am a QE Engineer who has been testing software for about 8 years and and test software at Rational Software, a major manufacturer of automated testing tools, process and development tools. This book is excellent and I wish it was around when I first started testing software. It is written by testers for testers and is packed with great information. It's really one of the best books I have read thus far. I recommnend this book to anybody involved in testing software be 1 week of experience or 20 years of experience all will benefit and learn from this well written book. I enjoyed the forward by James Bach who is a huge talent in the testing community . The book is full of great info that will make you the testing god or goddess of your company!!! I can't put this book down its that good!!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great overview of using VB for testing, August 20, 2001

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dan hodge (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Visual Basic for Testers (Paperback)

Software tester's interested in using VB for software testing and who don't have extensive experience with VB will find Mary Sweeney's book a wellspring of information. Applied correctly VB has powerful potential as a test automation package. Sweeney points out many uses of VB for testers from the very basic to the more advanced topics of working with COM and testing databases. The text has many useful tips and examples that Sweeney has taken the time to explain in detail. It's obvious from the text that Sweeney has exhaustive experience with VB and testing. As the only book available on VB from a tester's viewpoint it's a must-have for anyone using or thinking of using VB for test automation. Highly recommended.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Resource for testers and aspiring programmers, August 19, 2001

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Jason R. Herres "jrherres" (Snoq Falls, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Visual Basic for Testers (Paperback)

This book is about exactly what the title says - using Visual Basic for testing other applications. The exercises in it are useful, the code is clear, and the style is casual and readable. For testers who want to learn to automate - or for UI testers who want to see a little more behind the scenes - this the the book for you!! It gives a great insight into the developers mind, and helps make all of us better testers.