Glossary
A
- abstract base class
- FIXME
- abstract method
- FIXME
- actual result (of test)
- The value generated by running code in a test. If this matches the expected result, the test passes; if the two are different, the test fails.
- ttribut
- A name-value pair associated with node in a DOM tree.
B
- boilerplate
- FIXME
- boxing (a value)
- FIXME
C
- cast
- FIXME
- class variable
- FIXME
- cognitive load
- The mental effort required to solve a problem.
- comma-separated values (CSV)
- FIXME
- contract
- FIXME
- controller (in model-view-controller)
- FIXME
- coupling
- FIXME
- cross validation
- FIXME
D
- dataclass
- FIXME
- dedent
- FIXME
- document database
- FIXME
- ocument Object Mode (DOM)
- A standard, in-memory representation of HTML. Each element is stored as a node in a tree with a set of named attributes.
E
- lement (in HTML
- A named component in an HTML document.
Elements are usually written
<name>…</name>, where "…" represents the content of the element. Elements often have attributes. - error (result of test)
- Signalled when something goes wrong in a unit test itself rather than in the system being tested. In this case, we do not know anything about the correctness of the system.
- expected result (of test)
- The value that a piece of software is supposed to produce when tested in a certain way, or the state in which it is supposed to leave the system.
- extend (a template)
- FIXME
F
- failure (result of test)
- A test fails if the actual result does not match the expected result.
- field
- FIXME
- foreign key
- FIXME
- finite state machine (FSM)
- FIXME
G
- generator
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- getter
- FIXME
H
- helper function
- FIXME
I
- interpolation
- FIXME
- invasion percolation
- FIXME
J
K
L
- legacy code
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- FIXME
- Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS)
- FIXME
- list comprehension
- FIXME
M
- mock object
- A simplified replacement for part of a program whose behavior is easy to control and predict. Mock objects are used in unit tests to simulate databases, web services, and other complex systems.
- model (in model-view-controller)
- FIXME
- model-view-controller (MVC)
- FIXME
N
- nested comprehension
- FIXME
- NoSQL database
- FIXME
O
- object-relational mapper (ORM)
- FIXME
P
- parameter sweeping
- FIXME
- parameterize (a test)
- FIXME
- pass (result of test)
- A test passes if the actual result matches the expected result.
- patch (a test)
- FIXME
- permission
- FIXME
- plugin architecture
- FIXME
- primary key
- FIXME
- profiler
- FIXME
Q
R
- random walk
- FIXME
- refactor
- FIXME
- relational database
- FIXME
- reproducibility
- FIXME
- random number generation seed
- FIXME
- role
- FIXME
- route
- FIXME
S
- schema
- FIXME
- seed
- FIXME
- semantic versioning
- FIXME
- setter
- FIXME
- shell script
- FIXME
- shortcode
- FIXME
- silent failure
- FIXME
- single nucleotide polymorphism
- The replacement of the usual or standard base at one location in a gene sequence with another base.
- spread
- To automatically match the values from a list or dictionary supplied by the caller to the parameters of a function.
- static site generator (SSG)
- FIXME
- static method
- FIXME
- string I/O
- FIXME
- synthetic data generator
- A tool that creates data with the same properties as real data, usually for testing purposes.
T
- template (for static site generator)
- FIXME
- term frequency - inverse document frequency (TF-IDF)
- A formula used to rank documents when searching that assigns a score based on how often a word occurs overall and how specific it is to a particular document.
- theme (for static site generator)
- FIXME
- TOML
- "Tom's Own Minimal Language" is yet another format for configuration files.
- type annotation
- FIXME
U
- user ID (UID)
- FIXME
- unboxing (a value)
- FIXME
- unit test
- A test that exercises one function or feature of a piece of software and produces pass, fail, or error.
V
- validation
- FIXME
- view (in model-view-controller)
- FIXME
- isito
- A design pattern in which a recursive function visits each element of a structure and performs some user-defined operation there.
W
- workflow
- FIXME