Comprehending Test Code: An Empirical Study

Developers spend a large portion of their time and effort on comprehending source code. While many studies have investigated how developers approach these comprehension tasks and what factors influence their success, less is known about how developers comprehend test code specifically, despite the undisputed importance of testing. In this paper,...

Towards Understanding How Developers Comprehend Tests

Developers spend the majority of their time and effort on reading and comprehending source code. In order to improve this process of program comprehension for developers, a numerous amount of existing studies have looked into understanding how developers approach it and factors of influence. However, less is known in the field about how...