Code coverage and postrelease defects: A large-scale study on open source projects

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: KOCHHAR, Pavneet Singh, LO, David, LAWALL, Julia, NAGAPPAN, Nachiappan
• التنسيق: text
• اللغة: English
• منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
• الموضوعات: Code coverage; Computer bugs; Correlation empirical study; Measurement; Open source software; open-source postrelease defects; software testing; Sonar measurements; Codes (symbols); Computer software; Correlation methods; Defects; Information dissemination; Measurements; Open systems; Program debugging; Regression analysis; Software engineering; Software testing; Empirical studies; Open sources; Programming Languages and Compilers; Software Engineering
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3838; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/4840/viewcontent/08031982.pdf
• المؤسسة: Singapore Management University

Testing is a pivotal activity in ensuring the quality of software. Code coverage is a common metric used as a yardstick to measure the efficacy and adequacy of testing. However, does higher coverage actually lead to a decline in postrelease bugs? Do files that have higher test coverage actually have...