Property Based Testing

Property-Based Testing is one of the most powerful testing methods out there, and the Erlang ecosystem has some of the best frameworks available across all languages. Property-based testing has the potential to drastically increase the quality of software we ship by testing for issues we couldn’t even imagine.

Despite great tooling and promises, adoption is still somewhat limited. Simple examples are easy to write, but more complex ones can often feel like black magic.

In this Q&A session, Fred Hebert invites John Hughes, one of the inventors of Quickcheck, to discuss adoption strategies, how to gauge the accuracy and effectiveness of property tests, potential ideas for the future, and any questions the people in the audience might have.