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15th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE'04)
GERT: An Empirical Reliability Estimation and Testing Feedback Tool
Saint-Malo, Bretagne, France
November 02-November 05
ISBN: 0-7695-2215-7
Martin Davidsson, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Jiang Zheng, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Nachiappan Nagappan, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Laurie Williams, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Mladen Vouk, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Software testing is an integral part of the software development process. Some software developers, particularly those who use the Extreme Programming test-driven development practice, continuously write automated tests to verify their code. We present a tool to complement the feedback loops created by continuous testing. The tool combines static source code metrics with dynamic test coverage for use throughout the development phase to predict a reliability estimate based on a linear combination of these values. Implemented as an open source plug-in to the Eclipse IDE, the tool facilitates the rapid transition between unit test case completions and testing feedback. The color-coded results highlight inadequate testing efforts as well as weaknesses in overall program structure. To illustrate the tool's efficacy, we share the results of its use on university software engineering course projects.
Citation:
Martin Davidsson, Jiang Zheng, Nachiappan Nagappan, Laurie Williams, Mladen Vouk, "GERT: An Empirical Reliability Estimation and Testing Feedback Tool," issre, pp.269-280, 15th International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE'04), 2004
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