[CodeCover-devel] Idea about combining code coverage with version control

[Thomas L. <lo...@ne...>]

Hi,

I just got linked to CodeCover on my search for an code coverage tool for
testing a big JEE application.

Despite it is a quite big application we just started to establish automated
testing routines. The biggest problem we have is to distinguish which parts
of the code should be tested. The application is very stable in it's current
release but with every update we are afraid of bringing in new bugs. It's
not possible to test everything before a new release goes productive.

So the following idea got into my mind. What if a code coverage tool can
state how much of my _changed_ code I got tested. The changed code can be
easily determined by an SVN difference (or other versioning systems). The
tests could be done automatically or manually. If doing them manually one
could see which code passages that where changed between two software
releases got coverd by testing and keep on testing until every change got
tested.

First I want to know what you think about that idea. Do you think that it is
a good idea to test only the differences between stable code and the new
code? Do you think testing manually in combination with a code coverage tool
makes sense?
Can you make any suggestions of how to integrate that into CodeCover?

regards,
Thomas

PS: Darf man hier auch auf Deutsch schreiben?

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