CS4723 Software Validation and Quality Assurance

Fall 2019

Basic Information

Instructor: Xiaoyin Wang
Class Time: MW 6pm - 7:15pm
Location: MH 3.03.20

Contact

xiaoyin.wang (circle A) utsa.edu
Office time: MW 11am - 12pm
Office: NPB 3.310

Outline

This course covers the basic concepts and knowledge of software validation and quality assurance. We will introduce various techniques to support software validation and quality assurance, include software testing, software debugging, software verification, anti-pattern checking, and field bug management. As the major software validation approach in practice, software testing will account for a large portion of the course content. We will also discuss some recent research progress on major problems of software validation and quality assurance. Beyond the classroom study, we have two course projects for hands-on practice of the knowledge covered by the course.

Project 1: Unit Testing of classes from popular open source projects, based on JUnit.
Project 2: Setting up continuous integration process with Jenkins on real-world cloud-based servers.