Better testing through mutations

Thoughtworks Technology Podcast

Thoughtworks

Careers, Business, 907234, Technology

4.7 • 53 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Mutation testing has long been a proven method for driving software quality in a way unit testing can't. But it can be a long, expensive and computationally intensive process. Our podcasters explore effective strategies for mutation testing and how to establish when it's right for your projects.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome everyone to the ThoughtWorks Technology Podcast.
0:08.4	I'm Prane, one of the newest hosts.
0:11.3	I've got Ken Magridge, my co-hosts today.
0:13.8	Good morning, Ken.
0:15.2	Good morning.
0:16.0	Yep.
0:16.2	My name's Ken McGrath.
0:17.2	I'm also one of the new co-hosts on the technology podcast.
0:20.3	Welcome.
0:21.6	Thank you, Ken. Today we are going to be also joined by two of our colleagues, Bill Cording
0:27.6	and Brian Oxley, to talk about mutation testing. Welcome, Bill and Brian. Do you want
0:33.6	to quickly introduce yourselves?
0:37.6	Sure, thanks.
0:39.7	I'm Bill Kotting.
0:40.4	I'm a technical principal with ThoughtWorks.
0:42.6	I've been with ThoughtWorks for about seven years,
0:45.2	working out of the San Francisco office.
0:47.7	And I've been using mutation testing for years on projects
0:51.6	and advocating adoption of the practice
0:54.0	as a sensible default for testing.
0:57.1	Brian.
0:58.2	I'm Brian Oxley. I have a very similar story to Bill. I've been at ThoughtWorks about eight years.
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