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poor design choices in test code, such as assertion roulette or eager tests, studied for their spread and their effect on comprehension and maintenance.

In software engineering, test smells refers to poor design choices in test code, such as assertion roulette or eager tests, studied for their spread and their effect on comprehension and maintenance. This meaning comes from Bavota (2014) in Empirical Software Engineering.[1]

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References

Bavota, G., Qusef, A., Oliveto, R., De Lucia, A., & Binkley, D. (2014). Are test smells really harmful? An empirical study. Empirical Software Engineering, 20(4), 1052-1094. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-014-9313-0

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