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标题：Teaching Software Testing using Data Structures
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作者：Ingrid A. Buckley ; Winston S. Buckley
期刊名称：International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA)
印刷版ISSN：2158-107X
电子版ISSN：2156-5570
出版年度：2017
卷号：8
期号：4
DOI：10.14569/IJACSA.2017.080401
出版社：Science and Information Society (SAI)
摘要：Software testing is typically a rushed and neglected activity that is done at the final stages of software development. In particular, most students tend to test their programs manually and very seldom perform adequate testing. In this paper, two basic data structures are utilized to highlight the importance of writing effective test cases by testing their fundamental properties. The paper also includes performance testing at the unit level, of a classic recursive problem called the Towers of Hanoi. This teaching approach accomplishes two important pedagogical objectives: (1) it allows students to think about how to find hidden bugs and defects in their programs and (2) it encourages them to test more effectively by leveraging data structures that are already familiar to them.
关键词：Software Testing; Data Structures; Abstract Data Type (ADT); Unit Testing; Performance Testing; Stacks; Binary Search Tree; Towers of Hanoi