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Is code coverage an objective or guideline?
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<p>Many development teams and projects use code coverage - e.g. how many lines of code are covered by automated tests - as an objective, and saying it must be 100% or another percentage.</p>
<p>But is this an effective metric?</p>
<p>In the same way as deleting failing tests to fix a pipeline, a code coverage amount can be faked.</p>
<p>With this in mind, what if, instead of setting an objective such as 100% code coverage, you used it as a guideline?</p>
<p>If you're working on a legacy project, what if you set a minimum code coverage amount as a guideline to ensure any new code has tests by not dropping under that level?</p>
<p>Would that be better than saying every line of code needs to be covered?</p>
<p>Code coverage is something I'm thinking of using more, so I want to know what you think.</p>
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<p>Many development teams and projects use code coverage - e.g. how many lines of code are covered by automated tests - as an objective, and saying it must be 100% or another percentage.</p>
<p>But is this an effective metric?</p>
<p>In the same way as deleting failing tests to fix a pipeline, a code coverage amount can be faked.</p>
<p>With this in mind, what if, instead of setting an objective such as 100% code coverage, you used it as a guideline?</p>
<p>If you're working on a legacy project, what if you set a minimum code coverage amount as a guideline to ensure any new code has tests by not dropping under that level?</p>
<p>Would that be better than saying every line of code needs to be covered?</p>
<p>Code coverage is something I'm thinking of using more, so I want to know what you think.</p>
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