Technology Stack

Programming Language: Kotlin. Java can be used if strictly necessary for certain tasks and no statisfying kotlin solution is avaliable.

• Intellij IDE: The user will interface with the plugin through the Intellij IDEA IDE or Android Studio.
• Intellij Plugin SDK: main framework for development of the actual plugin
• PITest: The targeted tool is the PIT Mutation Testing system.
• Gradle: as the build system
• Pitest-Gradle/Maven-Plugin: Setup by the user to integrate running their mutation tests into the build environment
• Git/Github: for source code management & collaboration
• JUnit: as a test framework
• Frontend: The UI for the plugin will be developed using Swing or JavaFX
• Plugin dependencies: The developed plugin will have the following dependencies:
  • Pitmutationmate-Override-Plugin: Allows the plugin to run a gradle task, which in turn will execute the pitest mutation testing.