Episode 138
138: Mutation Testing in Python with mutmut - Anders Hovmöller
November 19, 202028m 38s
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Show Notes
Your test suite tells you about the quality of your code under test.
Mutation testing is a way to tell you about the quality of your test suite.
Anders Hovmöller wrote mutmut for mutation testing in Python, and can be used with pytest, unittest, and others.
In this episode, Anders explains mutation testing, how mutation testing with mutmut works, and good workflows.
Special Guest: Anders Hovmöller.
Links:
- mutmut · PyPI
- cosmic-ray · PyPI
- MutPy · PyPI
- parso · PyPI
- mutmut documentation
- Ned Batchelder article on mutmut
Topics
software testingmutation testingmutmut