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What do you think about mutation testing applied to components?
Season 5 · Episode 7

What do you think about mutation testing applied to components?

Kus C. asked this on 2025-02-18

The Call Kent Podcast

February 20, 20256m 23s

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I’d love to hear your thoughts on mutation testing when applied to components. In my experience, it doesn’t seem to make much sense because it often reports that tests still pass after altering aspects that aren’t relevant to the component’s behavior. To me, this type of testing seems more suited for pure unit tests. What’s your perspective on this?

What do you think about mutation testing applied to components?

Topics

mutation testingstrykerstryker-mutatortesting librarycomponent testing