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Is Code Coverage Really All That Useful?(kevinwilliampang.com)

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Test driven development proponents often tend to push code coverage as a useful metric for gauging how well tested an application is. 100% code coverage has long been the ultimate goal of testing fanatics. But is code coverage really all that useful? If I told you that my application has 100% code coverage, should that mean anything to you?

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posted by dotnetchrisdotnetchris(157) 3 years, 6 months ago 0

Yes, yes it is that useful, but it's only as useful as the quality of the tests that back up the coverage.

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