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Modest-Pharo: Unit Test Generation for Pharo Based on Traces and Metamodels

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Unit testing is essential in software development to ensure code functionality and prevent the introduction of bugs.However, challenges such as time constraints and insufficient resource allocation often impede comprehensive testing efforts, leaving software systems vulnerable to regression.To address this issue, we introduce Modest, a language-agnostic approach to unit test generation that uses metamodels and execution traces.This method ensures non-regression by replaying scenarios captured from real-world executions.We demonstrate the application of Modest to Pharo codebases by generating unit tests for two projects.

Source: HAL

Authors: Darbord, Gabriel, Vandewaeter, Fabio, Etien, Anne, Anquetil, Nicolas, Verhaeghe, Benoit

Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université de Lille, Centre Inria de l'Université de Lille, Centre de Recherche en Informatique, Signal et Automatique de Lille, EVREF: Évolution réflexive des systèmes logiciels éternels, Centrale Lille Institut, Berger-Levrault (France)

Language: English

Topic: Software Testing and Debugging Techniques

Subfield: Software

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4399985482

FWCI: 0.465

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