Achieving Software Engineering Knowledge Items with an Unit Testing Approach
A.Nirmal Kumar1, B.G.Geetha2
1 A.Nirmal Kumar, Assistant Professor,Department of CSE , Christian College of Engineering and Technology, Dindigul, TamilNadu, India.
2Dr.B.G.Geetha, Professor & Head, Department of CSE, KSR College of Technology, Tiruchengode, TamilNadu, India.
Manuscript received on February 15, 2012. | Revised Manuscript received on February 20, 2012. | Manuscript published on March 05, 2012. | PP: 474-479 | Volume-2 Issue-1, March 2012. | Retrieval Number: F0316111611/2012©BEIESP
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Abstract: Classification makes a vital role to advancing knowledge in both science and engineering. It is a process of investigating the relationships between the objects to be classified and identifies gaps in knowledge. Classification in engineering also has a practical application. They can help maturing Software Engineering knowledge, as classifications constitute an organized structure of knowledge items. Till date, in existing system, there have been few attempts at classifying in test cases. In this research, we examine how useful classifications in Software Engineering are for advancing knowledge by trying to classify testing techniques. This paper presents a preliminary classification of a set of unit testing techniques. To obtain this classification, we enacted a generic process for developing useful Software Engineering classifications. The proposed classification has been proven useful for maturing knowledge about testing techniques. SE helps to: 1) provide a systematic description of the techniques,2) understand testing techniques by studying the relationships among techniques (measured in terms of differences and similarities), 3) identify potentially useful techniques that do not yet exist by analyzing gaps in the classification, and 4) support practitioners in testing technique selection by matching technique characteristics to project characteristics.
Keywords: Classification, software engineering, software testing, test design techniques, testing techniques, unit testing techniques.