Using Test Oracles in Automation

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Published on October 9, 2007 3:46:36 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yusd_ogkiaQ

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Google TechTalks
April 25, 2006

Douglas Hoffman is an independent consultant with Software Quality Methods, LLC. He has been in the software engineering and quality assurance fields for over 30 years and now consults in it.

ABSTRACT
Software test automation is often a difficult and complex process. The most familiar aspects of test automation are organizing and running of test cases and capturing and verifying test results. A set of expected results are needed for each test case in order to check the test results. Verification of these expected results is often done using a mechanism called a test oracle.

This talk describes the use of oracles in automated software verification and...