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Making test coverage a target destroys it, because high coverage numbers are easy to reach with worthless tests.

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Subjectsoftware quality
What this subject means

software quality Whether a program is any good and how anyone would know: tests, review, debt, and what a suite cannot cover.

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  1. Martin Fowler

    Chief scientist at Thoughtworks and author of Refactoring

    If you make a certain level of coverage a target, people will try to attain it. The trouble is that high coverage numbers are too easy to reach with low quality testing.

    Where this was said

    ↗TestCoveragemartinfowler.com

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