Teaching Software Testing and Debugging with the Serious Game Sojourner under Sabotage
Software testing and debugging are often seen as tedious, making them challenging to teach effectively. We present Sojourner under Sabotage, a browser-based serious game that enhances learning through interactive, narrative-driven challenges. Players act as spaceship crew members, using unit tests and debugging techniques to fix sabotaged components. Sojourner under Sabotage provides hands-on experience with real-world testing frameworks, improving student engagement, test coverage, and debugging skills.
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14:00 - 15:30 | Gamification, Specifications, and Code ReviewsResearch Papers / Tool Demonstrations at Cosmos 3C Chair(s): Michael Pradel University of Stuttgart | ||
14:00 25mTalk | NADA: Neural Acceptance-driven Approximate Specification Mining Research Papers Weilin Luo Sun Yat-sen University, Tingchen Han Sun Yat-Sen University, Junming Qiu Sun Yat-sen University, Hai Wan Sun Yat-sen University, Jianfeng Du Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Bo Peng Sun Yat-Sen University, Guohui Xiao Southeast University, Yanan Liu SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY DOI | ||
14:25 25mTalk | Gamifying Testing in IntelliJ: A Replicability Study Research Papers Philipp Straubinger University of Passau, Tommaso Fulcini Politecnico di Torino, Giacomo Garaccione Politecnico di Torino, Luca Ardito Politecnico di Torino, Gordon Fraser University of Passau DOI | ||
14:50 25mTalk | DeCoMa: Detecting and Purifying Code Dataset Watermarks through Dual Channel Code Abstraction Research Papers Yuan Xiao Nanjing University, Yuchen Chen Nanjing University, Shiqing Ma University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Haocheng Huang Soochow University, Chunrong Fang Nanjing University, Yanwei Chen Nanjing University, Weisong Sun Nanyang Technological University, Yunfeng Zhu Nanjing University, Xiaofang Zhang Soochow University, Zhenyu Chen Nanjing University DOI Pre-print | ||
15:15 15mDemonstration | Teaching Software Testing and Debugging with the Serious Game Sojourner under Sabotage Tool Demonstrations Philipp Straubinger University of Passau, Tim Greller University of Passau, Gordon Fraser University of Passau | ||
Cosmos 3C is the third room in the Cosmos 3 wing.
When facing the main Cosmos Hall, access to the Cosmos 3 wing is on the left, close to the stairs. The area is accessed through a large door with the number “3”, which will stay open during the event.