Term

A

Assertion

A type of first-order logic in a program, such as a condition or an expression that evaluates to true or false in a test. It represents and verifies the expected result of a software developer.

M

Mock

A test technique used in software development. It simulates a false function implementation for testing and debugging before the actual code is implemented.

U

unit test

A way of testing the smallest piece of code that can be logically isolated in a software application.

UT generator

An automatic Java unit test generation tool designed for Maven and Gradle projects. As a plugin of IntelliJ IDEA, UTgen provides unit test case generation support with out-of-the-box availability.