Talk:Test fixture

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Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 10:54, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Scope of article

In physical testing a test fixture is a device for holding a specimen during a test. This is a oommonly used term. I can either add this to the article or I could change the title of this article to clearly limit its scope to software testing. I could then start a new article on the test fixtures used in physical testing. Comments? Pkgx (talk) 16:15, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

The only response since 19 January was for an editor adding elctronics test fixtures. I will create three sections to clarify this for readers. Pkgx (talk) 16:41, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Updating Software section

We plan to:

• Update the definition
• Add a section on how fixtures are setup
• Add Advantages and Disadvantages section
• Add section on typical bad smells found in test fixtures

Keemen90 (talk) 03:42, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

Thanks. Do not simply add bullet points. Write content in prose. Also, don't use one or two references, as you have done, use multiple, reliable sources. Using books rather than articles would also be better as they tend to gather content from multiple sources. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:07, 14 September 2016 (UTC)

We've just added the subsections back so that the prose could be better understood. @Keemen90 has improved the references as you'd suggested. Ajaypendyala (talk) 01:06, 23 September 2016 (UTC)

Well you violated MOS:HEADING and short sections (two paragraphs per section) is not appropriate. There isn't much needed to understand in these short sections. Walter Görlitz (talk) 06:16, 23 September 2016 (UTC)