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Visual Basic for Testers

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Authors:
  1. Mary Romero Sweeney
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  • There are no other books on the market that teach Visual Basic from the perspective of a software tester
  • There are no other books on the market that teach testers the programming concepts necessary to successfully write automated test code
  • Speculates on how VB.NET and its focus on Web services will change the testing environment for VB programmers
  • Includes two bonus chapters from Gary Cornell and Jonathan Morrison's, Programming VB.NET: A Guide for Experienced Programmers to show testers how VB.NET will (eventually) change things, though testing, by and large, will continue to use VB6 for years to come
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
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  2. In the Beginning: Preparing for Automated Script Writing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Automated Software Testing Overview

      • Mary Romero Sweeney
      Pages 3-15

    3. Getting Started with Visual Basic on an Automated Testing Project

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      Pages 17-35

  3. The Second Stage: Introduction to Automated Script Writing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
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    2. Introduction to the Visual Basic Development Environment

      • Mary Romero Sweeney
      Pages 39-80

    3. Understanding Visual Basic Application Essentials

      • Mary Romero Sweeney
      Pages 81-133

  4. Beyond the Basics: Now You’re Testing!

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
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    2. Creating Test Utilities

      • Mary Romero Sweeney
      Pages 137-182

    3. Testing with the Windows Registry

      • Mary Romero Sweeney
      Pages 183-210

    4. Introduction to the Windows Application Programmer’s Interface (API)

      • Mary Romero Sweeney
      Pages 211-252

  5. Advanced Topics in Automated Test Scripting

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 253-253
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    2. Introduction to Database Testing

      • Mary Romero Sweeney
      Pages 255-292

    3. Introduction to Testing COM Components

      • Mary Romero Sweeney
      Pages 293-356

    4. Testing the Web with Visual Basic

      • Mary Romero Sweeney
      Pages 357-406

    5. VB.NET: Brave New World

      • Mary Romero Sweeney
      Pages 407-452

    6. From Tester to Tester: Advice to the Visual Basic Automator

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      Pages 453-462

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 463-548
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About this book

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.

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Visual Basic for Testers

  • Authors: Mary Romero Sweeney

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-1138-9

  • Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Mary Romero Sweeney 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-893115-53-8Published: 02 August 2001

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4302-1138-9Published: 05 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 539

  • Number of Illustrations: 531 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Microsoft and .NET, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

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