Property-Based Testing with PropEr in Erlang

Gain insights into property-based testing with PropEr in Erlang. Delve into foundational principles, common frameworks, custom data generators, and applying testing in realistic projects for robust code validation.
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17h 30min
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Property-based testing relies on specifying some property of code, rather than unit tests which specify the expected output in response to some inputs. In this course, you’ll cover the concepts you need to get started, up to the point where you feel confident enough to use the most advanced features of PropEr with Erlang. You’ll start smoothly with the basic and foundational principles of property-based testing. From there, you will cover some of the common frameworks, how to think in properties, how to write your own custom data generators, and more. You'll also see how you can use Property-Based Testing in a realistic project. By the time you finish this course, you will be comfortable testing real-world applications using properties.
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WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Understand the concepts of PropEr.
Understand the role of generators in property in property-based testing.
Have a clear sense where property-based testing has an advantage over EUnit tests and vice versa.
Be able to use stateful properties with ease.
Learn how to write State Machine Properties.
Understand property-based testing.
Understand the concepts of PropEr.

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