Dragons Out!
Kari Kakkonen
Learn about software testing in a fun way, by reading stories about dragons and knights. The book is a great read for children on their own, with their parents, or as an additional reading in schools. It is also for anyone who wants to know what software testing is, they will enjoy this book tremendously.
The book talks about adventures of two children, Laura and Tom, who tumble into dragons annoying villages and castles. They learn about different dragons and how to defeat them with the help of knights. The children grow into exceptional dragon experts.
Stories are explained in information technology and software testing terms and concepts, e.g. a dragon represents a software defect, and knights represent testers and developers. Reading parallels is an easy-to-understand way of learning.
In this book, Kari Kakkonen combines his passion into fantasy and software testing in a new and fascinating way, creating an enjoyable experience for the readers.
The book is suitable for ages of 9-99, although it is written for children.
“I love the idea of bringing testing and dragons together. Explaining testing ideas in this way is great for new testers to give them a broad idea of the depth of testing. The stories can sit on their own for children as well, and may encourage them to think about how they could test some of the apps they use.”
Janet Gregory, DragonFire Inc, co-author of three books on agile testing.
Duration - 6h 48m.
Author - Kari Kakkonen.
Narrator - Carlo Villa.
Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2021 Austin Macauley Publishers ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Learn about software testing in a fun way, by reading stories about dragons and knights. The book is a great read for children on their own, with their parents, or as an additional reading in schools. It is also for anyone who wants to know what software testing is, they will enjoy this book tremendously. The book talks about adventures of two children, Laura and Tom, who tumble into dragons annoying villages and castles. They learn about different dragons and how to defeat them with the help of knights. The children grow into exceptional dragon experts. Stories are explained in information technology and software testing terms and concepts, e.g. a dragon represents a software defect, and knights represent testers and developers. Reading parallels is an easy-to-understand way of learning. In this book, Kari Kakkonen combines his passion into fantasy and software testing in a new and fascinating way, creating an enjoyable experience for the readers. The book is suitable for ages of 9-99, although it is written for children. “I love the idea of bringing testing and dragons together. Explaining testing ideas in this way is great for new testers to give them a broad idea of the depth of testing. The stories can sit on their own for children as well, and may encourage them to think about how they could test some of the apps they use.” Janet Gregory, DragonFire Inc, co-author of three books on agile testing. Duration - 6h 48m. Author - Kari Kakkonen. Narrator - Carlo Villa. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023. Copyright - © 2021 Austin Macauley Publishers ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:11
About the Author
Duration:00:00:46
Dedications
Duration:00:00:07
Title Page
Duration:00:00:15
Foreword
Duration:00:01:42
Thanks
Duration:00:02:23
How To Read This Book
Duration:00:03:16
What Is Software Testing
Duration:00:05:16
Dragons
Duration:00:01:25
Chapter One: Annoying Red Dragon (Memory Leak)
Duration:00:14:46
Chapter One Exercises
Duration:00:07:43
Chapter Two: Grey Robber Dragon (Largish Functionality Defect)
Duration:00:14:58
Chapter Two Exercises
Duration:00:07:54
Chapter Three: Small Green Dragon (Small Defect)
Duration:00:14:35
Chapter Three Exercises
Duration:00:07:49
Chapter Four: Mean Black Dragon (Security Defect)
Duration:00:15:41
Chapter Four Exercises
Duration:00:08:36
Chapter Five: Fast Purple Dragon (Performance Defect)
Duration:00:16:11
Chapter Five Exercises
Duration:00:08:31
Chapter Six: Difficult Green Dragon (Usability Defect)
Duration:00:18:56
Chapter Six Exercises
Duration:00:08:32
Chapter Seven: Impressive Green Dragon (Visible But Harmless Functional Defect)
Duration:00:20:16
Chapter Seven Exercises
Duration:00:08:40
Chapter Eight: Brown Underground Dragon (Hardware Defect)
Duration:00:21:43
Chapter Eight Exercises
Duration:00:08:01
Chapter Nine: Hiding Grey Dragon And Good Green Dragon (Testing Defect And Defect Seeding)
Duration:00:21:53
Chapter Nine Exercises
Duration:00:10:24
Chapter Ten: Stubborn Green Dragon (version Control Defect)
Duration:00:19:22
Chapter Ten Exercises
Duration:00:08:00
Chapter Eleven: Clever Green Dragon (Small, But Tricky Functional Defect)
Duration:00:25:55
Chapter Eleven Exercises
Duration:00:08:36
Chapter Twelve: Confused Green Dragon (Documentation Defect)
Duration:00:20:19
Chapter Twelve Exercises
Duration:00:07:56
Chapter Thirteen: Two-Headed Grey Dragon (A Really Bad Defect)
Duration:00:33:45
Chapter Thirteen Exercises
Duration:00:08:40
Next Steps
Duration:00:01:42
Terminology
Duration:00:23:53
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:12