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AI Assistant as a Code Tester

Explore how to use an AI coding assistant to generate test cases from specifications, detect errors efficiently, and build reliable, maintainable code. This lesson helps you understand software test case creation, their role in verifying program behavior, and prepares you for debugging and improving code quality.

AI’s role in code testing

AI can play a crucial role in code testing by automating error detection and later suggesting efficient solutions to improve code quality.

Code testing is about ensuring that our code is correct and evaluating whether the code behaves as expected by running test casesTest cases are predefined sets of conditions, inputs, and expected outcomes designed to check a program's functionality.. Tests build trust that the software works as intended. This is important both for developers (to ensure their code works) and stakeholders (to ensure the system meets their requirements).

Having good test coverage ensures that if the code needs to be changed in the future, the existing functionality won’t break. This is crucial when adding new features or making fixes.

In this lesson, we’ll explore how to use AI for effective testing, helping us spot and highlight errors or inconsistencies in code that might otherwise take us much longer to find.

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