Test Coverage Rate

테스트 Coverage rate에 대해 고민하던중 재미있는 글 하나 발견
사실 Coverage rate를 올리는것도 중요하지만, Coverage rate는 value있는 test 로 cover가 되어야 한다. 코드 Coverage rate를 올리는것 자체는 중요하지 않다.
얼마만큼 꼼꼼한 테스트가 도느냐가 문제이지...

여러 문서들을 찾아보니까는 보통 80%의 Coverage를 이야기 하는데, 이정도의 Coverage라면, 적어도 개발 과정 전에 Test 에 대한 방법이 고려된 상태에서 개발을 해야지 않는다면 개발 중간에 일정에 미칠 IMPACT가 어마어마할것이다.
지금 프로젝트는 60~70% 정도를 고민중인데..
어떻게 될려나?

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http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=204677

Agitating Thoughts & Ideas
How Much Unit Test Coverage Do You Need? - The Testivus Answer
by Alberto Savoia
May 4, 2007

Summary
Answer to the question: "What is Testivus' wisdom concerning the proper percentage of test coverage?"

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Referring to "The Way of Testivus" entry:

http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=203994

Morgan Conrad asked: "What is Testivus' wisdom concerning the proper percentage of test coverage?"

Here you go Morgan.

Testivus On Test Coverage

Early one morning, a programmer asked the great master:

“I am ready to write some unit tests. What code coverage should I aim for?”

The great master replied:

“Don’t worry about coverage, just write some good tests.”

The programmer smiled, bowed, and left.

...

Later that day, a second programmer asked the same question.

The great master pointed at a pot of boiling water and said:

“How many grains of rice should put in that pot?”

The programmer, looking puzzled, replied:

“How can I possibly tell you? It depends on how many people you need to feed, how hungry they are, what other food you are serving, how much rice you have available, and so on.”

“Exactly,” said the great master.

The second programmer smiled, bowed, and left.

...

Toward the end of the day, a third programmer came and asked the same question about code coverage.

“Eighty percent and no less!” Replied the master in a stern voice, pounding his fist on the table.

The third programmer smiled, bowed, and left.

...

After this last reply, a young apprentice approached the great master:

“Great master, today I overheard you answer the same question about code coverage with three different answers. Why?”

The great master stood up from his chair:

“Come get some fresh tea with me and let’s talk about it.”

After they filled their cups with smoking hot green tea, the great master began to answer:

“The first programmer is new and just getting started with testing. Right now he has a lot of code and no tests. He has a long way to go; focusing on code coverage at this time would be depressing and quite useless. He’s better off just getting used to writing and running some tests. He can worry about coverage later.”

“The second programmer, on the other hand, is quite experience both at programming and testing. When I replied by asking her how many grains of rice I should put in a pot, I helped her realize that the amount of testing necessary depends on a number of factors, and she knows those factors better than I do – it’s her code after all. There is no single, simple, answer, and she’s smart enough to handle the truth and work with that.”

“I see,” said the young apprentice, “but if there is no single simple answer, then why did you answer the third programmer ‘Eighty percent and no less’?”

The great master laughed so hard and loud that his belly, evidence that he drank more than just green tea, flopped up and down.

“The third programmer wants only simple answers – even when there are no simple answers … and then does not follow them anyway.”

The young apprentice and the grizzled great master finished drinking their tea in contemplative silence