Theory and Craft   /     Software Testing and Test Effectiveness

Description

We look at how and how not to use code coverage, and discuss a variety of topics around software testing.

Subtitle
We look at how and how not to use code coverage, and discuss a variety of topics around software testing.
Duration
00:42:50
Publishing date
2015-08-24 01:30
Link
http://www.theoryandcraft.fm/episodes/15988-software-testing-and-test-effectiveness
Contributors
  David Crawford, Chris Yang, and Sergey Astretsov
author  
Enclosures
http://audio.simplecast.com/15988.mp3
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Shownotes

Each episode we focus on one idea from computer science and try to understand how it fits into our world as professional programmers.

This episode we welcome our guest host, Sergey Astretsov, to discuss the paper "Coverage and Its Discontents" about the use of code coverage as a proxy for test effectiveness. From there we debate when and why to test, discuss the relationship between commenting and testing, and generally digress.

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