Code Coverage - introduction
“Code coverage is a metric that can help you understand how much of your source is tested. It's a very useful metric that can help you assess the quality of your test suite.”
- Atlassian
There can be quite a large margin for error when you write new code, Testing is an important part of the development process, and it’s also important to know how much of your code has been tested.
This is known as code coverage. You’re now going to watch a video where you’ll explore various kinds of code coverage and get to know f the terminology and how code coverage is used.
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As you saw in the previous activity, code coverage is all about identifying what to test and how well your tests cover your code base. In this video, you'll learn how to identify what tests you need to carry out for a given set of code. You'll also learn how to design an effective set of test conditions to meet your organisation's coverage and completeness guidelines.
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