Unveiling the Illusion: Why Coverage Alone Is Misleading
summary
Examines why test coverage metrics alone are misleading for software quality and explains that high numbers of tests don’t guarantee effectiveness. Presents mutation testing as a technique to reveal weaknesses in existing tests and recommends focusing on test quality (not quantity) to make code more robust and reliable.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:50Code coverage
- 4:40Coverage alone misleading
- 8:25Trunks and coverage illusion
- 11:35Balancing concrete and abstract
- 14:24Ignoring irrelevant code
- 15:27Mutation testing
- 20:47Conclusion
- 22:11Q&A
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