EPISODE · Apr 17, 2026 · 16 MIN
To sleep in a sea of Tests | Refactoring a testing "framework" from hell (lixcon2026)
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Taking a look at the `functional` test suite, pointing out its concepts and flaws to then take a look at its successor `functional2` Many curses and screams of frustration has the functional test suite brought forth in many - if not all - lix developers. Hence people wanted a successor. In this session, we will talk about all the pain, impurities and falkeyness of the functional suite, look at the features and non-features of functional2, and the pain of migrating tests. Licensed to the public under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 about this event: https://pretalx.dgnum.eu/lixcon-2026/talk/KBFUXL/
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Taking a look at the `functional` test suite, pointing out its concepts and flaws to then take a look at its successor `functional2` Many curses and screams of frustration has the functional test suite brought forth in many - if not all - lix developers. Hence people wanted a successor. In this session, we will talk about all the pain, impurities and falkeyness of the functional suite, look at the features and non-features of functional2, and the pain of migrating tests. Licensed to the public under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 about this event: https://pretalx.dgnum.eu/lixcon-2026/talk/KBFUXL/
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