Hamcrest vs AssertJ: An Empirical Assessment of Tester Productivity

Abstract

Context. Extensive unit testing is worth its costs in terms of the higher quality of the final product and reduced development expenses, though it may consume more than fifty percent of the overall project budget. Thus, even a tiny percentage of saving can significantly decrease the costs. Since recently competing assertion libraries emerged, we need empirical evidence to gauge them in terms of developer productivity, allowing SQA Managers and Testers to select the best.