JesterDiscussion

It seems as if JesTer would be more useful than a regular profiler. A profiler, to my mind, indicates code to take out (becuase the test suite doesn't require it to pass). JesTer gives more useful information becuase it provokes you to examine the code more closely, the information about what could be changed and still pass the current tests gives a useful new way to think about what the code says. --KeithB

Coincidentally, I came across someone at DrKB who was keen on something called "mutation testing". Seemed exactly like what Jester does. --PaulS

yes - it's an old idea - I just couldn't find anything that did this automatically --IvanM

Parasoft do Insure++ which does mutation based testing (amongst other things) for C/C++. They have a Java product, but that doesn't seem to re-use their mutation technology.

AndyS.

I'm new to Xpd so delete this if it is no good: Q: Would it be helpful to link some examples of using jester (starting, configuring, stoping, etc) from the jester home page?

BenHogan

Yes, I agree. Also, great name Ben!