Rethinking Unit Testing: Automating the Generation of Java Tests

Explore a revolutionary approach to unit testing in Java presented at GeeCON Prague 2022. Delve into Markus Zimmermann's 39-minute talk that challenges traditional testing methods and introduces automated test generation. Learn how this innovative technique can dramatically improve productivity, catch bugs in real-time, and overcome the limitations of manually written tests. Discover the power of symbolic execution, understand its implementation, and compare it with conventional testing approaches like Test Driven Development and manual testing. Gain insights into handling complex dependencies, testing intricate classes, and leveraging JUnit 5 support for this cutting-edge methodology.

Introduction
Software testing is hard
Software testing is awesome
The 3 questions
Generating tests
Symbolic execution
How does this work
Example
Three ways of testing
Generated tests
Implementing first
Code review
Test Driven Development
Manual Tests
Wrapup
More complex dependencies
Testing more complex classes
JUnit 5 support