30: Mutation Testing using Muzak with Devon Estes

We talk with Devon Estes, the creator of a new Elixir mutation testing library called Muzak. Devon joins us to explain what mutation testing is and how it can help development teams in organizations move faster and with greater confidence. We cover when a project can benefit from it, the challenges of offering a PRO version of a library, where Muzak is going in the future, and more! Show Notes online - http://podcast.thinkingelixir.com/30 Elixir Community News https://github.com/elixir-lang/elixir/releases/tag/v1.11.3 – Elixir 1.11.3 was released with mostly bug fixes https://www.lambdadays.org/lambdadays2021 – Lambda Days 2021. An Online Conference 16-19 February 2021 https://twitter.com/lambdadays/status/1346021063671619584 – Jose Valim plans to announce something he's excited about at the conference https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix_html/issues/329 – Phoenix HTML is adding validated HTML https://utils.zest.dev/gendiff – David's Elixir generator diffing service Do you have some Elixir news to share? Tell us at @ThinkingElixir or email at show@thinkingelixir.com Discussion Resources https://devonestes.com/announcing_muzak https://hexdocs.pm/muzak/muzak.html https://hexdocs.pm/assertions/Assertions.html – Another library Devon created in the area of testing https://github.com/bencheeorg/benchee https://github.com/PragTob https://github.com/danmayer/coverband https://github.com/unused-code/unused https://github.com/sponsors Guest Information https://twitter.com/devoncestes – on Twitter https://github.com/devonestes – on Github https://devonestes.com/ – Blog Find us online Message the show - @ThinkingElixir Email the show - show@thinkingelixir.com Mark Ericksen - @brainlid David Bernheisel - @bernheisel Cade Ward - @cadebward

Om Podcasten

The Thinking Elixir podcast is a weekly show where we talk about the Elixir programming language and the community around it. We cover news and interview guests to learn more about projects and developments in the community. Whether you are already experienced with Elixir or just exploring the language, this show is created with you in mind. We discuss community news, Functional Programming, transitioning from OOP, coding conventions, and more. Guests visit the show to help challenge our assumptions, learn about new developments and grow in the process. Subscribe to join us on this journey!