When developers make changes to their code, they typically run regression tests to detect if
their recent changes (re) introduce any bugs. However, many tests are flaky, and their …

Microservices architecture (MSA) is widely used by enterprises and related practitioners.
Due to the importance of MSA in the industry, failure to identify its potential faults and errors …

In Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) the behaviour of a software system is specified as
a set of example interactions with the system using a" Given-When-Then" structure. These …

The ideal principle of software testing is that test results ought to be deterministic: a test
failure indicates the presence of a software bug, while a test success suggests the absence …

Quality is a critical aspect of any software system. Indeed, it is a key factor for the
competitiveness, longevity, and effectiveness of software products. Code review facilitates …

Source code analysis tools are designed to analyze code artifacts with different intents,
which span from improving the quality and security of the software to easing refactoring and …

Java remains one of the most popular programming languages in education. Although Java
programming education is well supported by study materials, learners also need more …

A critical component of modern software development practices, particularly continuous
integration (CI), is the halt of development activities in response to test failures which …

In recent years, maintaining test code quality has gained more attention due to increased
automation and the growing focus on issues caused during this process. Test code may …

Abstract The Behaviour Driven Development (BDD) technique enables teams to specify
software requirements as example interactions with the system. Due to the use of natural …