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Test Coverage Leading You Astray?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the socializing-assumes-spare-time dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Are your test coverage measurements leading you astray? Test coverage tools bring valuable depth to unit testing, but they're often misused. This article takes a closer look at what the numbers on the coverage report really mean, as well as what they don't. It then suggests three ways you can use your coverage to ensure code quality early and often."

2 of 48 comments (clear)

  1. Testing? by B4D+BE4T · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who needs testing? Doesn't everyone's code work perfectly on the first ru
    Segmentation fault

  2. Test coverage is just annoying... by meringuoid · · Score: 5, Funny
    ... they always cancel the stuff I want to watch to make way for it.

    Bloody cricket.

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