One-liner test cases

There are many kinds of testing. Detailled scripted manual test cases are quite popular but an article at testzonen.se might be an eye-opener if that is your favourite kind of test case. According to the article, these test cases are a waste of time and effort and demeaning to the…

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Do I have a healthy test suite?

With TDD etc we are all assuming that we have a healthy test suite. Now some researchers from the Netherlands and Belgium have published a way to actaully measure this. Their idea is to plot on one axis the percentage of the total code base that is test rather than…

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On the theory of software testing

C.A. Middleburg of the University of Amsterdam has conducted a literature survey to find out about the state of the art in software testing theory. I will quote one of his conclusions here: Some remarkable observations are: in the development of existing theories about software testing, what sets software testing…

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