PART 3 - THE THIRD AXIS CHAPTER 15: DEPLOY NOW, PRAY LATER The Final Form of Software Development

"Mutation testing audits the tests by introducing deliberate program mutations and checking whether the tests detect them."

PIT documents mutation testing as a way to assess the effectiveness of an existing test suite by deliberately modifying application code. The technique provides a second layer of checking focused on the quality of the tests themselves. Source year is estimated from the live project documentation consulted in 2026.

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