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Mutation Testing: How to Ensure Code Coverage Isn’t a Vanity Metric

Mutation testing is the practice of deliberately introducing faults (called “mutants”) into your source code and then running the test suite against the mutated code. This approach can help you gain confidence in your test suite. It demonstrates that the tests work as intended to catch defects in the code.

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Jul 23, 2022•7m read time•From about.codecov.io
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