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Why code coverage matters

Why code coverage matters

From the course: Node.js: Testing and Code Quality

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Why code coverage matters

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- Knowing about problems within a specific file or component is a good thing. But that's only part of the picture Having an actionable perspective of the entire code base is a key to success. In this chapter, we're going to extend what we've learned so far about testing and detecting suspicious code. We'll start with a concept of code coverage and why it's important. We'll generate a report about the restaurant reservation applications code coverage using industry standard tools. Next, we'll broaden our testing techniques with functional testing, which will extend the existing the report. We'll ask the emperor has no close question. What could possibly go wrong when you have 100% test coverage on a code base? Finally, we'll learn about ways to automate code quality measurement on an ongoing basis. Code coverage sure sounds important, but what is it? Code coverage which is the measure of how much code is executed in a…

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