Test smells are defined as sub-optimal design choices developers make when
implementing test cases. Hence, similar to code smells, the research community has …

In recent years, researchers and practitioners have been studying the impact of test smells
on test maintenance. However, there is still limited empirical evidence on why developers …

Test smells are poor design decisions implemented in test code, which can have an impact
on the effectiveness and maintainability of unit tests. Even though test smell detection tools …

Test smells are symptoms in the test code that indicate possible design or implementation
problems. Previous research demonstrated their harmfulness and the developers' …

Software testing represents a key software engineering practice to ensure source code
quality and reliability. To support developers in this activity and reduce testing effort, several …

Similarly to production code, code smells also occur in test code, where they are called test
smells. Test smells have a detrimental effect not only on test code but also on the production …

Test-driven development (TDD) is an agile practice of writing test code before production
code, following three stages: red, green, and refactor. In the red stage, the test code is …

Test smells are considered bad practices that can reduce the test code quality, thus harming
software testing goals and maintenance activities. Prior studies have investigated the …

Unit testing is an essential component of the software development life-cycle. A developer
could easily and quickly catch and fix software faults introduced in the source code by …

Test smells are symptoms of sub-optimal design choices adopted when developing test
cases. Previous studies have proved their harmfulness for test code maintainability and …