svn commit: r13781 - trunk/www/docs/index.html

Author: linus
Date: 2007-11-16 21:12:10-0800
New Revision: 13781

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Included a link and the abstract to the test smells paper.


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 <b>Published in:</b>
   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 33(12): 800-817 (2007)
+<br>
+<b>Abstract:</b>
+<p>
+As a fine-grained defect detection technique, unittesting
+introduces a strong dependency on the structure of the
+code. Accordingly, test co-evolution forms an additional burden
+to the software developer, which can be tempered by writing tests
+in a manner that makes them easier to change. Fortunately, we
+are able to concretely express what a good test is by exploiting
+the specific principles underlying unit testing. Analogous to the
+concept of code smells, violations of these principles are termed
+test smells. In this paper, we clarify the structural deficiencies
+encapsulated in test smells by formalizing core test concepts
+and their characteristics. To support the detection of two such
+test smells, General Fixture and Eager Test, we propose a set
+of metrics defined in terms of unit test concepts. We compare
+their detection effectiveness using manual inspection and through
+a comparison with human reviewing. While the latter is the
+traditional means for test quality assurance, our results indicate
+it not to be a reliable means for test smell detection. This work
+thus stresses the need for a more reliable detection mechanism,
+and provides an initial contribution through the validation of test
+smell metrics.
+</p>
+<b>Links:</b>
+<A href="http://www.win.ua.ac.be/~bvromp/papers/TSE.pdf">pdf</A>
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