Paper Info
Title
Code Defenders: A Mutation Testing Game.
Abstract
Software testing is an essential skill for software developers, but it is challenging to get students engaged in this activity. The Code Defenders game aims to address this problem by letting students compete over code under test by either introducing faults ("attacking") or by writing tests ("defending") to reveal these faults. We have empirically established that the game is engaging and players write better tests than outside the game scenario, and we have successfully integrated Code Defenders as a semester-long activity of an undergraduate and graduate level university course on software testing. This demonstration provides an introduction to Code Defenders from a student point of view (How to play the game?) as well as from a teacher point of view (How to set up games for my students, and how to integrate the game into my course?) A laptop is recommended to join in and try out the game.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1145/3287324.3293753
ICST Workshops
Keywords
Field
DocType
mutation analysis, software engineering education, software testing education, testing game, unit testing
Test suite,Mutation testing,Fault detection and isolation,Computer security,Computer science,Software,Game testing,Test strategy,Software testing
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
2159-4848
978-1-4503-5890-3
4
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.53
21
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
José Miguel Rojas120911.84
Gordon Fraser22625116.22