Test Release Candidate (Activity)

Title	Release Testing
Overview	Student will test a release candidate for an open source software project and report findings.
Prerequisite Knowledge	Students will probably need to use git (see the Intro to GitHub (Activity) series).
Learning Objectives	Students will be able to: Explain how release testing fits into the software development life cycle (SDLC). Go through the steps of a release test and provide their observations. Describe (in generic terms) the steps required for release testing (3)

Background

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(reference links for later)

• https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Release+test+procedure
• https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-ftparchives#s-testing
• https://www.debian.org/devel/testing
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_testing
• http://www.alwaysagileconsulting.com/organisation-antipattern-release-testing/
• https://www.scriptrock.com/blog/release-testing-basics
• http://clusterlabs.org/wiki/Release_Testing
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/Mozmill
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/QA/Developing_tests
• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tutorials/Unit_testing
• http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Release_Testing

Directions

1. Read about what release testing is and why it's done.
2. Test a release.
3. Write release testing instructions for a new version of a boxed cake mix.

Deliverables

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Assessment

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Criteria	Level 1 (fail)	Level 2 (pass)	Level 3 (good)	Level 4 (exceptional)
The purpose of the project
Why the project is open source

Comments

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Additional Information

Knowledge Area/Knowledge Unit	What ACM Computing Curricula 2013 knowledge area and units does this activity cover? ACM_Body_of_Knowledge
Topic	What specific topics are addressed? The Computing Curriucula 2013 provides a list of topics - https://www.acm.org/education/CS2013-final-report.pdf
Level of Difficulty	Is this activity easy, medium or challenging?
Estimated Time to Completion	How long should it take for the student to complete the activity?
Materials/Environment	What does the student need? Internet access, IRC client, Git Hub account, LINUX machine, etc.?
Author(s)	Gina Litkins
Source	Is there another activity on which this activity is based? If so, please provide a link to the original resource.
License	Under which license is this material made available? (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/)

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