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Test suite

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

nounCommon term

In software engineering, test suite means: A collection of tests that are run together, for example all the unit tests of a project or every test for the payment module.

In Turkish: test paketi, test takımı, test seti

How it is used

People run, extend or speed up the test suite. 'The full suite takes 20 minutes' is a common complaint. CI pipelines run the test suite on every pull request, and a green suite means that all tests passed.

Example sentences

  1. The whole test suite passes locally, but two tests fail on CI.

  2. Let's split the test suite so the slow integration tests run only at night.

Common collocations

  • run the test suite
  • full test suite
  • the test suite passes
  • speed up the test suite
  • unit testA small automated test that checks one function or class on its own, separate from the database, the network and the rest of the system.
  • test caseOne specific situation you check, with set inputs, steps and an expected result, for example 'logging in with a wrong password shows an error'.
  • CI/CDShort for continuous integration and continuous delivery (or deployment): automatically building and testing every change, then releasing it quickly and safely.
  • test coverageA measure, often a percentage, of how much of the code is run by automated tests. It shows which parts are tested and which are not.

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