Mutation testing 1
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Mutation testing is a technique that rewrites source code in small ways to remove redundancies. It introduces artificial faults to test whether tests can detect these faults. It benefits developers by bringing new kinds of errors to light that conventional testing may miss. There are three main types of mutations: value mutations change values to test for errors; decision mutations alter conditions to check for design flaws; and statement mutations modify statements through deletion or duplication to simulate copy/paste errors. Mutation testing is a powerful method for detecting hidden defects.
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Mutation testing 1
- 1. MUTATION TESTING BY- CHANDNI AGRAWAL B.TECH(CSE)V
- 2. What is Mutation Testing? • Mutation testing is a structural testing technique, which uses the structure of the code to guide the testing process. • On a very high level, it is the process of rewriting the source code in small ways in order to remove the redundancies in the source code. • These ambiguities might cause failures in the software if not fixed.
- 3. Benefits: • It brings a whole new kind of errors to the developer's attention. • It is the most powerful method to detect hidden defects, which might be impossible to identify using the conventional testing techniques. • Debugging and Maintaining the product would be more easier .
- 4. Types: Value Mutations: An attempt to change the values to detect errors in the programs. We usually change one value to a much larger value or one value to a much smaller value. The most common strategy is to change the constants. Decision Mutations: The decisions/conditions are changed to check for the design errors. Typically, one changes the arithmetic operators to locate the defects and also we can consider mutating all relational operators and logical operators (AND, OR , NOT) Statement Mutations: Changes done to the statements by deleting or duplicating the line which might arise when a developer is copy pasting the code from somewhere else.
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