DZone
Thanks for visiting DZone today,
Edit Profile
  • Manage Email Subscriptions
  • How to Post to DZone
  • Article Submission Guidelines
Sign Out View Profile
  • Post an Article
  • Manage My Drafts
Over 2 million developers have joined DZone.
Log In / Join
Refcards Trend Reports Events Over 2 million developers have joined DZone. Join Today! Thanks for visiting DZone today,
Edit Profile Manage Email Subscriptions Moderation Admin Console How to Post to DZone Article Submission Guidelines
View Profile
Sign Out
Refcards
Trend Reports
Events
Zones
Culture and Methodologies Agile Career Development Methodologies Team Management
Data Engineering AI/ML Big Data Data Databases IoT
Software Design and Architecture Cloud Architecture Containers Integration Microservices Performance Security
Coding Frameworks Java JavaScript Languages Tools
Testing, Deployment, and Maintenance Deployment DevOps and CI/CD Maintenance Monitoring and Observability Testing, Tools, and Frameworks
Culture and Methodologies
Agile Career Development Methodologies Team Management
Data Engineering
AI/ML Big Data Data Databases IoT
Software Design and Architecture
Cloud Architecture Containers Integration Microservices Performance Security
Coding
Frameworks Java JavaScript Languages Tools
Testing, Deployment, and Maintenance
Deployment DevOps and CI/CD Maintenance Monitoring and Observability Testing, Tools, and Frameworks
  1. DZone
  2. Data Engineering
  3. Data
  4. Code Metric Visualization: Lines of Code and Code Coverage

Code Metric Visualization: Lines of Code and Code Coverage

Coverage is what counts. And you can see it at a glance, just like when you're painting a wall. When voting for visual tools... the eyes have it.

Erik Dietrich user avatar by
Erik Dietrich
CORE ·
Apr. 26, 16 · Opinion
Like (4)
Save
Tweet
Share
3.07K Views

Join the DZone community and get the full member experience.

Join For Free

One of the features of NDepend that we get a lot of positive feedback about is its data visualization, and it’s really no surprise. The code metric visualizations allow teams and managers to quickly see what is happening in their code base. With NDepend’s custom code metrics, developers can generate visual reports of what matters to facilitate teamwork as well as keep management in the loop.

We have written before about how a company can use NDepend’s visualizations as a sort of “radiator” to track changes in the source code over time. We also have examples of companies (such as Stago and Siemens Healthcare) using it to great effect in helping architects and developers communicate effectively. %|-748044178_1|%This resulted in producing better quality end products while still meeting deadlines.

Not only is it very informative, but the treemap view is also pretty aesthetically pleasing. We wanted to show it off and at the same time give a glimpse of how NDepend has changed over the years. We are all about making your code beautiful and following best practices, so now you can see how well we follow our own rules.

We decided to compare Lines of Code (LoC) against code coverage of NDepend in its own treemap view. We ran an analysis on both the current version of NDepend as well as a build from 2013.

In this view, red means zero coverage, orange / yellow means not enough, and green means full coverage. As you can see, the source code for NDepend has grown in both lines of code and code coverage. Back in 2013, not even half of the source code was automatically tested but the latest version is over 80% covered by testing. Still, there are some red areas that we are improving on!

Image title

Code coverage Visualization (graphics) Metric (unit)

Published at DZone with permission of , DZone MVB. See the original article here.

Opinions expressed by DZone contributors are their own.

Popular on DZone

  • Fraud Detection With Apache Kafka, KSQL, and Apache Flink
  • Educating the Next Generation of Cloud Engineers With Google Cloud
  • How To Convert HTML to PNG in Java
  • (Deep) Cloning Objects in JavaScript

Comments

Partner Resources

X

ABOUT US

  • About DZone
  • Send feedback
  • Careers
  • Sitemap

ADVERTISE

  • Advertise with DZone

CONTRIBUTE ON DZONE

  • Article Submission Guidelines
  • Become a Contributor
  • Visit the Writers' Zone

LEGAL

  • Terms of Service
  • Privacy Policy

CONTACT US

  • 600 Park Offices Drive
  • Suite 300
  • Durham, NC 27709
  • support@dzone.com
  • +1 (919) 678-0300

Let's be friends: