Abstract: 4+ Hours of Video Instruction Unlock the benefits of software testing by learning to select and implement the most effective testing strategy for your specific software development context. Overview For a software system, arguably the paramount concern is ensuring its flawless and non-harmful performance rather than merely its existence. Software testers play a critical role in achieving this goal, but the testing landscape is rich with diverse schools of thought, methodologies, tools, and techniques. Pivotal questions for testers are as follows: Should your emphasis be on manual testing or automation? Should you primarily be creating test scripts? And what kinds of automated tests are likely to provide value to your specific application? This video provides an overview of the array of testing techniques and approaches available to testers, but more importantly, how to consider their relative strengths and weaknesses to create a strategy for testing that selects from those approaches to fit a specific need. About the Instructor Jim Weaver is a software developer and trainer with over thirty years' experience working with teams to build software in a variety of languages and for many different types of endeavors. He's helped to build patient portals, medication prescribing applications, telecommunication network monitoring systems, testing frameworks, and even (drum roll) tractor leasing software! He's held many roles in the IT industry, accumulated many programming scars, and currently focuses on teaching. Learn How To Understand the strengths and weaknesses of testing approaches and techniques Use context to inform your testing strategies and approaches Distinguish between the relative value of human-interactive and automated testing approaches Construct and adjust testing strategies for short and long range goals Leverage the strengths and talents of team members to implement testing strategies Who Should Take This Course Software testers interested in broadening their skills Software developers interested in learning more about testing Managers interested in understanding software testing approaches and techniques Course Requirements Basic understanding of the field of software application development Lesson descriptions Lesson 1: What is Software Testing? This lesson defines testing for the purpose of this course. It explores the significance of testing and testers, as well as aspects of a dedicated career in testing. It discusses high level testing philosophies, common ways of categorizing testing activities, and who tests on a team. Lesson 2: The Need for Diversity in Testing Approaches: This lesson covers testing contexts, what is important to test, and the applicability (or sweet spot) of testing approaches. It discusses the importance of explicit strategy for a particular effort considering context characteristics. Finally, it summarizes how each new context requires thought about a new testing strategy or adjustment to an existing strategy. Lesson 3: Understanding Human-driven, Interactive Approaches to Testing: This lesson discusses specific testing techniques and practices. It examines the traditional role of a tester/quality analyst, and covers practices and techniques, including feature confirmation testing, regression testing and test scripts, exploratory testing, usability testing, integration testing, testing requirements, and a variety of common tool-assisted testing practices. Lesson 4: Understanding Automated Testing: This lesson discusses ways and reasons to automate tests. It discusses the automated tester role, test surfaces (also appliable to interactive tests but an essential concern for automated ones) and specific types of automated testing, such as unit testing, testing through user interfaces, API testing, functional testing, performance and load testing, smoke testing, and static analysis. Lesson 5: Informing Testing Strategies: This lesson examines common types of contexts for software development that frequently impact testing. It covers how to think about and identify contexts, and then explores several common contexts, such as the workplace, the team and process, the application domain, build or buy, the delivery lifecycle, application functionality, risk, architecture and system integration, and application usage and parallelism contexts. Lesson 6: Formulating Testing Strategies: This lesson discusses how to formulate and adapt testing strategies to fit software development contexts. It introduces a structured format to use to consider and list context characteristics that affect testing for a particular endeavor. It explores time-boxed testing strategies and formulations for these strategies in various project scopes and sizes. It presents several examples of realistic software efforts and explores factors that might require adjustment to testing strategies during project or product development. About Pearson Video Training Pearson publishes expert-led video tutorials covering a wide selection of technology topics designed to teach you the skills you need to succeed. These professional and personal technology videos feature world-leading author instructors published by your trusted technology brands: Addison-Wesley, Cisco Press, Pearson IT Certification, Prentice Hall, Sams, and Que Topics include: IT Certification, Network Security, Cisco Technology, Programming, Web Development, Mobile Development, and more. Learn more about Pearson Video training at http://www.informit.com/video.

Abstract: Use the JavaFX platform to create rich-client Java applications and discover how you can use this powerful Java-based UI platform, which is capable of handling large-scale data-driven business applications for PC as well as mobile and embedded devices. The expert authors cover the new more modular JavaFX 9 APIs, development tools, and best practices and provide code examples that explore the exciting new features provided with JavaFX 9, part of Oracle's new Java 9 release. Pro JavaFX 9: A Definitive Guide to Building Desktop, Mobile, and Embedded Java Clients also contains engaging tutorials that cover virtually every facet of JavaFX development and reference materials on JavaFX that augment the JavaFX API documentation. What You'll Learn Create a user interface in JavaFX Use SceneBuilder to create a user interface Build dynamic UI layouts in JavaFX and using the JavaFX UI controls Create charts in JavaFX Leverage JavaFX languages and markup Who This Book Is For Experienced Java programmers looking to learn and leverage JavaFX 9 for rich client-side Java development.

Abstract: Use Raspberry Pi with Java to create innovative devices that power the internet of things! Raspberry Pi with Java: Programming the Internet of Things (IoT) fills an important gap in knowledge between seasoned Java developers and embedded-hardware gurus, taking a project-based approach to skills development from which both hobbyists and professionals can learn. By starting with simple projects based on open-source libraries such as Pi4J, hobbyists can get immediate results without a significant investment in time or hardware. Later projects target simplified industrial use cases where professionals can start to apply their skills to practical problems in the fields of home automation, healthcare, and robotics. This progression prepares you to be an active participant in the IoT revolution that is reshaping our lives. For the hobbyist: Hardware used in projects is affordable and easily accessible Follows a project-based learning approach with a gradual learning curve Projects are based on open-source code repositories with commercial friendly licenses For the professional computer engineer: Uses an industry-standard platform that allows for high performance, secure, production-ready applications Introduces Java SE Embedded for large devices and Java ME Embedded for small devices Code is portable to a wide variety of ARM and MIPS based platforms Provides practical skill development with advanced projects in the fields of home automation, healthcare, and robotics

Abstract: Why is the quantum computing market expected to grow by nearly $1.3 billion over the next five years? Given their quantum mechanical nature, quantum computers can solve difficult problems in fields such as chemistry, optimization, finance, and machine learning that classical computers find impossible to unravel. This pocket guide provides software developers with a quick reference to Qiskit, an open source SDK for working with quantum computers. Packed with helpful programming examples, tables, figures, and lists, this handy book helps you find the information you need to develop and debug quantum programs. Whether you're focused on business, engineering, or scientific applications, you'll learn how to choose and apply the appropriate Qiskit classes, methods, and functions. You'll also learn how to use the latest version of the Open Quantum Assembly Language, OpenQASM 3.0.

Abstract: Build enhanced visual experiences and design and deploy modern, easy-to-maintain, client applications across a variety of platforms. This book will show you how these applications can take advantage of JavaFX’s latest user interface components, 3D technology, and cloud services to create immersive visualizations and allow high-value data manipulation. The Definitive Guide to Modern Java Clients with JavaFX 17 is a professional reference for building Java applications for desktop, mobile, and embedded in the Cloud age. It offers end-to-end coverage of the latest features in JavaFX 17 and Java 17. Among the many new or updated JavaFX features covered are the FX Robot API, for simulating user interaction; customized step repeat timing for the Spinner control; Marlin FX; the ColorPicker color palette; and the GetCenter method. After reading this book, you will be equipped to upgrade legacy client applications, develop cross-platform applications in Java, and build enhanced desktop and mobile native clients. What You Will Learn: Create modern client applications in Java using the latest JavaFX 17 and Java 17 LTS Build enterprise clients that will enable integration with existing cloud services Use advanced visualization and 3D features Deploy on desktop, mobile, and embedded devices Who This Book Is For: Professional Java developers who are interested in learning the latest client Java development techniques to fill out their skills set.

Abstract: In Pro JavaFX 2: A Definitive Guide to Rich Clients with Java Technology , Jim Weaver , Weiqi Gao , Stephen Chin , Dean Iverson , and Johan Vos show you how you can use the JavaFX platform to create rich-client Java applications. You'll see how JavaFX provides a powerful Java-based UI platform capable of handling large-scale data-driven business applications. Covering the JavaFX API, development tools, and best practices, this book provides code examples that explore the exciting new features provided with JavaFX 2. It contains engaging tutorials that cover virtually every facet of JavaFX development and reference materials on JavaFX that augment the JavaFX API documentation. Written in an engaging and friendly style, Pro JavaFX 2 is an essential guide to JavaFX 2. What you'll learn How to get started with JavaFX 2, including downloading the SDK and available tools. How to express user interfaces with a declarative-style enabled by the JavaFX builder classes. How to use property binding to keep the UI easily in sync with the model. How to use the rich set of JavaFX UI controls, charts, shapes, effects, transformations, and animations to create stunning, responsive, user interfaces. How to use the powerful JavaFX layout classes to define the user interface in a cross-platform fashion. How to leverage the observable collection classes to observe changes in, and bind to, Java collections. How to use the JavaFX media classes to play audio and video. How to interact with external application services to create an enterprise application with JavaFX. How to use the JavaFX API with alternative languages such as Scala, Groovy, and Visage. How to uncover the JavaFX APIs to whatever degree you choose. The tutorials, reference materials, and pointers to resources are exhaustive. Who this book is for Application developers, graphic designers, and IT decision makers. Not only does this book contain comprehensive technical information for developers and designers, it builds a compelling case for choosing JavaFX for web applications and RIAs.

Abstract: JavaFX Script makes it easy for developers to quickly create high-quality user interface-intensive applications very quickly. As JavaFX Script: Dynamic Java Scripting for Rich Internet/Client-side Applications demonstrates, developers can create rich Internet applications and rich client-side user interfaces quickly and easily with this potential replacement for Ajax and perhaps even ActionScript and other scripting found in Flash. This firstPress book on JavaFX Scriptcovers the following topics: The fundamentals of the JavaFX suite of technologies and the foundations of JavaFX Script and available tools How to create a Wordsearch application How to augment and enhance the Wordsearch application after learning more advanced JavaFX Script features such as classes, objects, user interface components, and constructs

Abstract: Build enhanced visual experiences and design and deploy modern, easy-to-maintain, client applications across a variety of platforms. This book will show you how these applications can take advantage of the latest user interface components, 3D technology, and cloud services to create immersive visualizations and allow high-value data manipulation. The Definitive Guide to Modern Java Clients with JavaFX is a professional reference for building Java applications for desktop, mobile, and embedded in the Cloud age. It offers end-to-end coverage of the latest features in JavaFX and Java 13. After reading this book, you will be equipped to upgrade legacy client applications, develop cross-platform applications in Java, and build enhanced desktop and mobile native clients. What You Will Learn Create modern client applications in Java using the latest JavaFX and Java 13 Build enterprise clients that will enable integration with existing cloud services Use advanced visualization and 3D features Deploy on desktop, mobile, and embedded devices Who This Book Is For Professional Java developers who are interested in learning the latest client Java development techniques to fill out their skillset.