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A Beautiful Visualization of Source Repository Activity
Michael Ogawa has created a mesmerizing animated visualization of the activity within source code repositories named code_swarm. This is truly a case of a picture being worth (at least) a thousand words. Go check it out at http://vis.cs.ucdavis.edu/~ogawa/codeswarm/
New Metric: C.R.A.P.
The good folks at Agitar have proposed a new metric, C.R.A.P and an Eclipse plugin crap4j for executing it. C.R.A.P. combines a method’s complexity with its coverage to come up with a single number that can help you determine if somebody will say,“Oh crap!” when they have to work with it. Continue reading
Teaser: Breaking the Build in Panopticode 0.2
In the last post we learned that Panopticode 0.2 will allow us to create arbitrary reports using a SPARQL SELECT query. Another feature in Panopticode 0.2 is to use a SPARQL ASK query to break the build. Continue reading
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Teaser: Creating Ad Hoc Reports in Panopticode 0.2
Learn how to create custom reports in Panopticode 0.2 that correlate information between multiple metrics using SPARQL queries. Continue reading
New Tool: Complexian
Marty Andrews has just released version 0.12.0 of Complexian. Complexian is a tool for very quickly measuring the NPATH and CCN metrics of Java code. Continue reading
Panopticode 0.1 Is Released
Panopticode 0.1 is released. Get it now! Continue reading
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Metrics Must be Interpreted In Context
James Newkirk points out that measuring code coverage is not very interesting by itself. This is an example of my first fundamental rule of metrics, “Rule #1: Metrics Must Be Interpreted In Context.” Continue reading