Software Testing: Testing New Software Paradigms and New Artifacts

Abstract

Software testing research is continuously moving toward different challenges and obstacles driven by different forces. What we believe are two main forces that drive software testing evolution are the progress in software development paradigms and languages, and the artefacts along the software development process to be used for testing purposes. Based on this specific perspective, this work provides an ample presentation of issues and assessments related to testing software. Ongoing and (expected) future research directions on software testing are also outlined.