Well,
That's a good percentage - a bit better than I would have expected.
Application of a test coverage tool is nice - presumably it can drill down
on the packages a bit more and show us where the misses mostly are. The
Pseudo Server borrowed from jWebUnit is a pain to maintain a copy of, but
it did allow for pretty easy to read and thorough testing. A simpler
alternative to the pseudo server was another item on my todo list ages ago.
Good going vivek.
We just had a thread on a TW development list about "what percentage of
coverage is good coverage". Most leaned towards 90-something, but one of
my favorite posts was this one by Mike Two (I don't think he'll mind me
quoting him here):
"Attaching any particular number is a waste of time. Use your head, be
pragmatic and measure coverage often. When you do measure it don't worry
about the number, worry about the trends. Do some analysis to figure out
what is or isn't getting covered and make some decisions about it.
Be afraid of rules like, "we must have 95% coverage". Measurement of a
system changes the system. Since catch blocks are frequently mentioned as a
problem and not so easy to test a lazy developer may start writing "catch
(Exception)" so that they only have one untested catch block. Or moving the
catch block higher up the method stack or writing long methods with one big
try catch to keep the percentages of covered code up.
I've seen projects with 30% coverage and almost no bugs, I've seen projects
with 90% coverage and a ton of bugs. Your tests can cover everything and
still suck. Run coverage once in a while, ignore the percentage number and
look for trends in namespaces and classes that aren't covered."
Jim
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