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How well do professional developers test with code coverage visualizations? : an empirical study

Creator:

Lawrance, Joseph A.

Abstract:

Professional software developers do not test code adequately, even though testing tools are widely available. Until developers realize the deficiencies in their tests, inadequate testing of software seems likely to remain a major problem. To support developers writing tests, industry and researchers have proposed systems that visualize “testedness” for end-user...

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Masters Thesis

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AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Joseph A. Lawrance for the degree of
How well do professional developers test with code coverage visualizations? An empirical study

Creator:

Oregon State University. Dept. of Computer Science, Lawrance, Joseph A., Clarke, Steven, Burnett, Margaret, 1949-, and Rothermel, Gregg

Abstract:

"Code coverage visualizations using block coverage neither guided developers toward productive testing strategies, nor did these visualizations motivate developers to write more tests or help them find more faults than the control group. Nevertheless, code coverage visualizations did influence developers in a few important ways. Code coverage visualizations led developers...

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Research Paper

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Visualizations? An Empirical Study Joseph Lawrance†‡, Steven Clarke†, Margaret Burnett‡, Gregg Rothermel