Test Run War

Definition:

• Test failures occur at random when several people are running tests simultaneously.

Code Example:

Suite.run() --> Test 3 fails
Suite.run() --> Test 3 crashes
Suite.run() --> All tests pass
Suite.run() --> Test 3 fails

References:

Quality attributes

• - Code Example

• - Cause and Effect

• - Frequency

• - Refactoring

• A survey on test practitioners’ awareness of test smells

• An empirical analysis of the distribution of unit test smells and their impact on software maintenance

• An exploratory study of the relationship between software test smells and fault-proneness

• Are test smells really harmful? An empirical study

• Automatic generation of smell-free unit tests

• Categorising Test Smells

• Enhancing developers’ awareness on test suites’ quality with test smell summaries

• How are test smells treated in the wild? A tale of two empirical studies

• On the interplay between software testing and evolution and its effect on program comprehension

• Refactoring Test Code

• Refactoring Test Smells With JUnit 5: Why Should Developers Keep Up-to-Date?

• Test Smell Detection Tools: A Systematic Mapping Study

• Understanding practitioners’ strategies to handle test smells: a multi-method study

• xUnit test patterns: Refactoring test code