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In praise of code coverage
I’ve found measuring code coverage (the coverage of code by automated tests) to be well worth my while, ranking not too far below test-driven development and continuous deployment as a practice that a software project should have in place to make me and my team happy and productive. But that’s not a universal opinion. Many software engineers, even diligent automated testers and continuous deployers, are quick to dismiss coverage, and it’s probably the thing that I’ve had to set up myself most often when I join a project. So let’s go over why it’s a valuable practice.
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For the foreseeable future, Indiegogo’s engineering blog is the place to look for posts on Ruby, Rails and the like by my colleagues and by me.
Scattered sightings
While waiting for another message in a bottle to drift your way from this blog, you might want to check out Behind the Fan Door, where Fandor‘s engineering team — of which I am one — relates our experiences with Ruby and Rails and other things while bringing you fine independent and international films on line.
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After posting once and then going dark more than a year ago, I’m now on sabbatical and am again of a mind to write down things related to what I’m working on. Right now that’s Guess Where Watcher, a Ruby on Rails application used for scoring the Guess Where San Francisco Flickr game. Let’s see where this goes in a month or two.
Dave Schweisguth in a Bottle 