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Test Code Refactoring Unveiled: Where and How Does It Affect Test Code Quality and Effectiveness?
Luana Martins, Valeria Pontillo, Heitor Costa +3
Context. Refactoring has been widely investigated in the past in relation to production code quality, yet still little is known on how developers apply refactoring on test code. Sp…
Manual Tests Do Smell! Cataloging and Identifying Natural Language Test Smells
Elvys Soares, Manoel Aranda, Naelson Oliveira +7
Background: Test smells indicate potential problems in the design and implementation of automated software tests that may negatively impact test code maintainability, coverage, and…
Hearing the voice of experts: Unveiling Stack Exchange communities' knowledge of test smells
Luana Martins, Denivan Campos, Railana Santana +3
Refactorings are transformations to improve the code design without changing overall functionality and observable behavior. During the refactoring process of smelly test code, prac…