The goal of Visual Basic for Testers is to teach you how to use Visual Basic to increase your level of sophistication as a tester. You'll learn how to use VB to write an automated testing project and what to look for in a well-written VB program. Author Mary Sweeney will help you gain the experience necessary both to use VB to support an automated text project and to text a commercial application written in VB.
Since testers often want to move to development tracks, Sweeney also presents information on programming and the issues involved in maintenance and debugging.

Mary Romero Sweeney has been developing, using, and testing software systems for over 20 years for companies including Boeing, and Software Test Labs. She authored Visual Basic for Testers and speaks frequently at major software testing conferences. Mary is a college professor and also performs independent consultation and training through her company, Sammamish Software. She has degrees in mathematics and computer science from Seattle University, is an MCP in SQL Server, and is on the board and faculty of the International Institute for Software Testing.

One In the Beginning: Preparing for Automated Script Writing.- 1 Automated Software Testing Overview.- 2 Getting Started with Visual Basic on an Automated Testing Project.- Two The Second Stage: Introduction to Automated Script Writing.- 3 Introduction to the Visual Basic Development Environment.- 4 Understanding Visual Basic Application Essentials.- Three Beyond the Basics: Now You're Testing!.- 5 Creating Test Utilities.- 6 Testing with the Windows Registry.- 7 Introduction to the Windows Application Programmer's Interface (API).- Four Advanced Topics in Automated Test Scripting.- 8 Introduction to Database Testing.- 9 Introduction to Testing COM Components.- 10 Testing the Web with Visual Basic.- 11 VB.NET: Brave New World.- 12 From Tester to Tester: Advice to the Visual Basic Automator.- Appendixes.- Appendix A Resources and References.- References.- Testing Books.- Visual Basic Books.- General Software Design and Development.- Articles/Journals/Periodicals.- Web Articles Referenced.- Resources.- Recommended Testing Web Sites.- Recommended Visual Basic Web Sites.- Recommended Database Design and SQL Resources.- Recommended Web and ASP Resources.- Recommended Testing Publications.- Recommended Visual Basic Publications.- Appendix B More Controls.- Option Buttons and Checkboxes.- The Frame Control.- The Combo Box Control.- Even More Controls.- Appendix C File Access and Management.- File Management in Visual Basic.- Standard File Access.- The Sequential File.- Writing to a Sequential File.- Reading a Sequential File.- The Random Access File.- Writing to and Reading from a Random Access File.- The Binary Access File.- Appendix D Required Reading: Automated Testing Essays.- About the Authors.- Seven Steps to Test Automation Success by Bret Pettichord.- TestAutomation Snake Oil by James Bach.- Advice for Automated Testers Learning Visual Basic by Elisabeth Hendrickson.