Purpose of Software testing – Some Dichotomies – a model for testing – Playing pool and consulting oracles – Is complete testing possible – The Consequence of bugs – Taxonomy of Bugs.

Software testing Fundamentals – Test case Design – Introduction of Black Box Testing and White Box testing – Flow Graphs and Path testing – Path testing Basics - Predicates, Path Predicates and Achievable Paths - Path Sensitizing – Path Instrumentation – Implementation and Application of Path Testing

Transaction Flow testing – Transaction Flows – techniques – Implementation Comments – Data Flow Testing – Basics – Strategies – Applications, Tools and effectiveness – Syntax Testing – Why, What, How – Grammar for formats – Implementation – Tips.

Logic Based Testing – Motivational Overview – Decision tables – Path Expressions – KV Charts – Specifications – States, State Graphs and transition Testing – State Graphs – Good & bad states – state testing Metrics and Complexity

Testing GUIs – Testing Client – Server Architecture – Testing for Real-time System – A Strategic Approach to Software testing – issues – unit testing – Integration Testing – Validation testing – System testing – The art of Debugging