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Don't use AI to write your automated tests

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+title: Don't use AI to write your automated tests
+date: 2024-06-01
+permalink: daily/2024/06/01/dont-use-ai-to-write-your-automated-tests
+tags:
+    - software-development
+    - automated-testing
+cta: testing_course
+snippet: |
+    Do you rely on AI tools to write your automated tests?
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+In [yesterday's email][0], I mentioned some of the recent issues I've seen from AI tools.
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+I'm wary of any code generated by AI, as I've often found it to be incorrect.
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+If you rely on AI-generated code, I'd be especially wary if it also generates the automated tests.
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+Automated tests verify your application works as expected, so you need to ensure they are testing the correct things and the logic is correct.
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+Can you make a test purposely fail by changing some logic within the test or implementation code?
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+Is it clear what each test is doing?
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+Are the tests running the implementation code or just testing mocks or running meaningless assertions like `self::assertTrue(TRUE)`?
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+Writing tests is about building confidence, which you can't do if you don't know what your tests are testing or how.
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+[0]: {{site.url}}/daily/2024/05/31/putting-glue-on-pizza