Similarly to production code, code smells also occur in test code, where they are called test
smells. Test smells have a detrimental effect not only on test code but also on the production …

Maintaining unit test cases is important during the maintenance and evolution of a software
system. In particular, automatically documenting these unit test cases can ameliorate the …

Test-to-code traceability links model the relationships between test artefacts and code
artefacts. When utilised during the development process, these links help developers to …

Unit testing is widely recognized as an essential aspect of the software development
process. Generating high-quality assertions automatically is one of the most important and …

System goals are the statements that, in the context of software requirements specification,
capture how the software should behave. Many times, the understanding of stakeholders on …

Software testing is an important aspect of the development process, one that has proven to
be a challenge to formally introduce into the typical undergraduate CS curriculum …

Generating meaningful assert statements is one of the key challenges in automated test
case generation, which requires understanding the intended functionality of the tested code …

In continuous testing, developers execute automated test cases once or even several times
per day to ensure the quality of the integrated code. Although continuous testing helps …

Unit tests are an important artifact that supports the software development process in several
ways. For example, when a test fails, its name can provide the first step towards …

Many modern software systems come with automated tests. While these tests help to
maintain code quality by providing early feedback after modifications, they also need to be …