Erlang testing and tools survey

Abstract

As the commercial usage of Erlang increases, so does the need for mature development and testing tools. This paper aims to evaluate the available tools with their shortcomings, strengths and commercial usability compared to common practices in other languages.To identify the needs of Erlang developers in this area we published an online survey advertising it in various media. The results of this survey and additional research in this field is presented. Through the comparison of tools and the requirements of the developers the paper identifies paths for future development.

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