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A Complete Unit Test Framework for Agile Software Development

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Lean and Agile Software Development (LASD 2022)

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Testing is an inevitable part of software development. Agile software development model follows a quick build, test, fix, and deliver methodology. In agile framework, testing is considered as a light-weight task as compare to the plan-driven methodologies where testing is exhaustively performed. To bridge the gap between traditional and agile testing frameworks, we propose a Blue-Box testing (BBT) technique. BBT includes both white-box and black-box test cases to generate a robust test suite which ensures the maximum coverage. Code coverage is one of the best metrics to determine the quality of a software system. In the article, we use Modified Condition/Decision Coverage (MC/DC) for evaluation of test cases and programs undertaken. Our experimental results show, on an average, 22.79% better code coverage is obtained as compare to other considered white-box and black-box testing techniques using our BBT method.

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  1. National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Arpita Dutta

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  1. Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland

    Adam Przybyłek

  2. Gdańsk University of Technology, Gdańsk, Poland

    Aleksander Jarzębowicz

  3. University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

    Ivan Luković

  4. Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland

    Yen Ying Ng

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Dutta, A. (2022). A Complete Unit Test Framework for Agile Software Development. In: Przybyłek, A., Jarzębowicz, A., Luković, I., Ng, Y.Y. (eds) Lean and Agile Software Development. LASD 2022. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 438. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94238-0_11

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