Recently, I was asked to maintain some old code and test some new code. Both tasks required that I understand the code with which I was working. Most of the time, these jobs are non-trivial due to the ...

Many software testing tools include a statistic known as the McCabe cyclomatic complexity metric in their reports. The term itself is a bit confusing, as the metric isn't specifically about code ...

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Technologies mentioned in this article include the Entity Framework, ADO.NET, VB.NET, and C#. Q I'd like to use the Code Metrics of Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) to explain to management the degree ...

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Among programmers, there has long been a dispute between those who want a language to constrain them and those who want great flexibility. If you have been programming for a while, you'll understand ...

Agile metrics are essential for tracking speed, efficiency and quality in software development. We all know that what gets measured gets improved. However, Agile metrics are often misunderstood, ...

One of the areas of embedded software development that engineers seem to struggle with is testing. Engineers often get excited about the design and implementation phases but when it comes to proving ...