Directed Study: BBD Testing
Instructor: Dr. David C. Kung
Student: Manuela Chubb
Semester To Register: Fall 1995

Narrative

The BBD ( Block Branch Diagram ) is an important aspect of object oriented software testing. It is a tool for testing C++ programs at function level. A BBD displays the control flow graph of a class member Function and its interfaces to other parts of the Object Oriented program. The major functions of the BBD are:

• display the program graph for the member function
• display global and class data that are used by the member function
• display the input/output parameters of the member function
• display the global and class data defined by the member function
• display functions that are called by the member function

Short Description

In this course we will study software testing techniques and apply them to test the BBD.

Prerequisites

• CSE 5324 Software Engineering
• CSE 5301 Assembly Languages and C

References

• Software Testing Techniques, Boris Beizer, 2nd edition, Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1990
• Software Engineering A Practitioner's Approach, Roger S. Pressman, 3rd edition McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1992.
• Functional Program Testing and Analysis, William E. Howden, McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1987.
• Object-Oriented Software Construction, Bertrand Meyer, Prentice-Hall, 1988.
• Extracting Block Branch Diagram From Object Oriented Programs, A Reverse Engineering Approach, Ping Liu, The University of Texas at Arlington, 1994.
• Change Impact Identification in Object Oriented Software Maintenance, D. Kung, J. Gao, P. Hsia, F. Wen, The Univ. of Texas at Arlinton, Y. Toyoshima, and C Chen, Fujitsu Network Transmission Systems, Inc., 1994.

Grading Criterion:

Based on regular discussions, progress presentations, requirements and high level detailed test reports.

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