In recent blog posts about test generation for mutation testing, I have detailed that mutants introduce small changes into the original model each mimicking a potential software bug. These changes are seeded on a set of mutation operators that are rules applied to the system to create mutants. These are simple syntactic or semantic transformation ...
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Recently I wrote a blog post about mutation testing. That post was a high level overview of what mutation testing is and how mutation analysis can be applied in automatic test generation. This time I was thinking of writing a more hands-on blog post about how to interpret and understand test cases generated by Conformiq’s recently introduced ...
Mutation testing is a software testing method which involves modifying the system code in small changes, yielding a faulty system, a mutant of the original one. These changes mimic typical errors that a programmer could have made. The goal is to find weaknesses in a test suite and to develop more effective one.
Mutation analysis is typically ...
If you have evaluated, used, or are using any model-based testing approach, please take a few minutes to respond to the 2019 Model-based Testing User Survey.
This year, the 2019 MBT User Survey is a joint initiative of the French and German Testing Boards. It is already the fourth edition of this survey. Our purpose is to collect data and ...
OK I admit that this is a bit farfetched. I don’t ever recall a test manager whose biggest concern would have been how to efficiently solve and test Sudokus. I was simply in a mood of having some fun and what would be better than working with a Sudoku problem. I bet that you have firsthand experience on solving those and just like me, you have ...
Over the years I have been wondering why folks involved in testing are not more eager to adopt practices that we have shown numerous times to be superior to current practices. Let’s face it, making sure that all the interesting scenarios and corner cases have properly, effectively, and efficiently been tested is not an easy task. In fact, the ...
NEW YORK, NY April 19, 2017. Accenture (NYSE: ACN) launched a new platform for automated, analytics-driven software testing, after successfully completing pilots with 10 clients around the world. The Accenture Touchless Testing Platform brings together leading open source, commercial and Accenture proprietary tools and algorithms to automate a ...
In my career I have been asked this question a lot of times. How will your approach (to test design) help us to work in a more AGILE way?
More big and small companies are moving from Waterfall to AGILE. Why are they doing that? Simply to do things faster and adapt to a business where complexity is increasing every day because it’s now becoming ...
In this presentation given at the 2016 HUSTEF (Hungarian Software Testing Forum), Dr. Stephan Schulz, Conformiq CTO, describes how traditional MBT modeling can be reduced or even eliminated. He presents how Gherkin feature files can be directly used to automatically generate functional test cases and executable scripts with expected results for ...
SAN JOSE, CA. October 24, 2016. Conformiq, which is transforming software testing with the most sophisticated and comprehensive automated test design solution in the industry, will co-sponsor and participate in the 4th UCAAT - User Conference on Advanced Automated Testing. This year’s theme is “How can advanced test automation face the challenges ...
SAN JOSE, CA. October 20, 2016. Conformiq, which is transforming software testing with the most sophisticated and comprehensive automated test design solution in the industry, will co-sponsor and participate in the 6th International Conference – Hungarian Software Testing Forum (HUSTEF).
Dr. Stephan Schulz, Conformiq CTO, will deliver a ...
The automotive industry is constantly facing the significant challenge of releasing cars with no software defects. It goes without saying that a software fault in the braking system, in the traction control system or in the assisted steering system can be catastrophic, while problems in non safety critical components may “only” annoy the user, yet ...