Re: Tool to create assertions from a running Java application

It'd be kinda cool if someone who is using any auto-testing scheme for a
release cycle or two gave us a detailed report.

cheers,
geepawhill


On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 5:00 PM, Malte Finsterwalder <
[email protected]> wrote:

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> Maybe you can check out agitar. They provide a system that does exactly
> this: Generate tests for existing code.
> They made a big buzz a few years ago. I look into it very briefly and the
> generated tests where not that bad.
> The biggest problem was: They were far too numerous and too detailed.
> Writing good tests puts emphasis on the important parts that really needs
> to be tested and ignores exidential details.
> I never quite understood how a tool like that should be used.
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> I know that Kent Beck was involved into the undertaking, but I think he is
> no longer. Probably because it didn't quite work out in practice.
>
> Greetings,
>    Malte
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