Re: Favourite modules March 2005 (Devel::Cover)

Many good modules listed so far, so here's a plug for my current favourite.

I recently drank the Devel::Cover KoolAid™ and I'm finding it immensely gratifying. It picked up one borderline bug, and has helped me restructure a couple of methods to reduce the number of possible execution paths, which in turn simplifies coverage testing.

Now I'm writing lots of fiddly tests to cover the fiddly edge cases, which, while I'm reasonably confident don't have bugs because I know they work already in production, it'll be a satisfying to have them all pinned down by tests.

It would be nice to be able to view public coverage stats of CPAN modules. I think that would help Perl stay one step ahead of the competition.

Yes, I know there's more to testing than mere coverage, but you have to have at least that in place.

- another intruder with the mooring in the heart of the Perl

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Re^2: Favourite modules March 2005 (Devel::Cover) by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Mar 14, 2005 at 12:11 UTC
It would be nice to be able to view public coverage stats of CPAN modules. The Kwalitee push is going to do public coverage of certain CPAN modules. . . . it'll be a satisfying to have them all pinned down by tests. So that, when you change something, you can run your tests and know you didn't bork anything. Now that's a good feeling. :-) Being right, does not endow the right to be rude; politeness costs nothing. Being unknowing, is not the same as being stupid. Expressing a contrary opinion, whether to the individual or the group, is more often a sign of deeper thought than of cantankerous belligerence. Do not mistake your goals as the only goals; your opinion as the only opinion; your confidence as correctness. Saying you know better is not the same as explaining you know better.	[reply]
Re^2: Favourite modules March 2005 (Devel::Cover) by hippo (Bishop) on Jun 28, 2015 at 14:22 UTC
It would be nice to be able to view public coverage stats of CPAN modules. I think that would help Perl stay one step ahead of the competition. Since grinder's post this development has come to pass and the stats are available for public view at CPANCover.	[reply]


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