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# [Common test smells](https://mariocervera.com/common-test-smells?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Most of us are familiar with the problems exhibited by the systems that contain design smells (understanding the term “smell” as defined in Martin Fowler’s book Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code). Some of these problems are: The sys...

Sep 21, 2021 · 6 min read · mariocervera.com  
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## Written by

[Mario Cervera](https://hashnode.com/@macerub)

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Software craftsman. I write about Software Engineering (clean code, design, testing, ...) and also about Algorithms & Data Structures.

## Responses 3

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[Ákos Kőműves](https://hashnode.com/@akoskm)

[Sep 24, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/common-test-smells/614a06a520bcc6765ac05303/comment/614d5ffc544e242e0c93ff7b)

Great Article Mario, thanks for sharing!

[Mario Cervera](https://hashnode.com/@macerub)

[Sep 26, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/common-test-smells/614a06a520bcc6765ac05303/comment/614d5ffc544e242e0c93ff7b#reply-6150a2717ef2d57e218f1223)

Thanks Ákos! 🙏

[MariaMcCarvillew](https://hashnode.com/@MariaCarvillew)

[Oct 7, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/common-test-smells/614a06a520bcc6765ac05303/comment/614d5ffc544e242e0c93ff7b#reply-615ed67fb945c81a907ce527)

I enjoyed reading this)) Thank you!

[Karina vilhanova](https://hashnode.com/@karinavilhan)

[Oct 20, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/common-test-smells/614a06a520bcc6765ac05303/comment/614d5ffc544e242e0c93ff7b#reply-616ffb110c5e175a1c610f29)

[summerize tool](https://papersformoney.com/summary-generator/) is an AI-based tool that sums up the long text into the shortened one. Summarized text usually has the key sentences that are an overview.

[Eleftheria Batsou](https://hashnode.com/@eleftheriabatsou)

[Sep 23, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/common-test-smells/614a06a520bcc6765ac05303/comment/614c6e53544e242e0c93eb27)

That was a nice read!

And I enjoyed your writing style [Mario Cervera](https://hashnode.com/@macerub) :)

[Mario Cervera](https://hashnode.com/@macerub)

[Sep 23, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/common-test-smells/614a06a520bcc6765ac05303/comment/614c6e53544e242e0c93eb27#reply-614c7b9b544e242e0c93ecb3)

Thanks for the kind comment, Eleftheria! 🙂

[Maxi Contieri](https://hashnode.com/@mcsee)

[Sep 22, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/common-test-smells/614a06a520bcc6765ac05303/comment/614b1a5dc790e72dddca6306)

Wow !

Amazing article!

Hopefully more test smells are on the way!

[Mario Cervera](https://hashnode.com/@macerub)

[Sep 22, 2021](https://hashnode.com/posts/common-test-smells/614a06a520bcc6765ac05303/comment/614b1a5dc790e72dddca6306#reply-614b2b8f544e242e0c93d07d)

Thanks Maxi!

There are indeed many more test smells that can be added to the list! Let's leave that for some new article in the future 🙂