A new study shows that AI will impact software development in the future. Technology could make this process safer.
One of the sectors where we expect artificial intelligence in the coming years is that of software development. It must be said that a large majority of people working in this field have already adopted technology. An adoption which should, according to a study byInternational Data Corporation (IDC), will clearly change in the years to come the way software specialists work, especially in the search for bugs.
AI will take care of unit testing in the future
In the development of software or an application, unit tests represent the phase during which sections of code are isolated in order to verify their correct execution. A tedious activity which should pass from man to machine by 2028, with 70% of these tests having to be produced by machine by that date according to the IDC.
AI could thus take care of “ test prioritization, discovery of the underlying cause of test failures, test case creation, self-healing and test procedures. » And by doing better than humans, reduce the frequency of bugs.
More time for creativity?
This idea is already popular in several major Asian countries. “ China, India and Japan are investing significantly in this area to improve software testing capabilities » explains senior research director for digital innovations Dhiraj Badgujar.
And beyond potential software security improvements, this shift within the industry could free up more time for developers. Time that they could allocate to creating new features, which would once again increase the overall value of the product. A summary of the famous expression “win-win”?
Source : Neowin
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