Mutation Testing: how to evaluate the effectiveness of your tests?
summary
Explains mutation testing as a way to assess how effective unit tests really are, using the Pitest tool for Java. Describes how mutation testing introduces small code changes (mutants) and checks whether the existing tests detect them, thus evaluating and improving test quality.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Mutation testing intro
- 1:30Classical coverage limits
- 4:40Mutation testing principle
- 7:49Pitest demo
- 10:43Real project feedback
- 13:12Pitest extensions
- 15:24Pitest report optimization
- 16:42Q&A
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