# Example-Only Testing

> Testing only a few hand-picked examples instead of properties that must hold across all inputs.

Record: `lexicon:example-only-testing`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Computation Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/computation-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-example-only-testing

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Environment-Sensitive Behavior](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/environment-sensitive-behavior.md) and before [Floating Dependencies](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/floating-dependencies.md).

## Category

- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/correctness-determinism-verification.md)

## Negated by

- [Property-Based Testing](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/property-based-testing.md)

## Linked from

- [Correctness / Determinism / Verification](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-correctness-determinism-verification.md)