ENTERPRISE NODECODE QUALITY

ABOUT ME

Tech Lead @ MLS

Medium: @kurtiskempleTwitter: @kurtiskemple

GitHub: @kkemple

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WHY IS CODE QUALITY IMPORTANT?

BENEFITS

• Prevents Entropy

• Improves Velocity

• Increases Developer Morale

WHAT DEFINES QUALITY CODE?

THE THREE Cs OF CODE QUALITY

• Clarity

• Complexity

• Coverage

CLARITY

WHAT DOES CLARITY MEAN?

• Code Is Formatted Well

• Code Is Cohesive (Things that belong together are

together)

• Variable and Function Names Give Context

COMPLEXITY

“Cyclomatic complexity is a software metric (measurement), used to indicate the complexity of a program. It is a quantitative measure of the number of linearly independent paths through a program's source code.”

http://blog.codeclimate.com/blog/2013/12/12/the-roots-of-static-analysis/

WHY IS MEASURING COMPLEXITY IMPORTANT?

• It identifies tightly coupled sections of your application

• It identifies methods that might not be clear due to

excessive logic

• It helps identify trends (developer fatigue, tech-debt,

etc…)

COVERAGE

COVERAGE !== QUALITY

It’s important to note that a high coverage score is not equivalent to a quality test suite. However, it does show parts of your application that have no tests.

WHY IS COVERAGE IMPORTANT?

• It identifies areas of the application that are not tested

• It identifies trends in test/code addition ratios

• It helps instill confidence in the application

SETTING STANDARDS

BIKESHEDDING

or Parkinson’s Law of Triviality…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law_of_triviality

PICKING A STANDARD

ENFORCING THE STANDARD

• Linting should be run during development (editor

plugins, watching files, etc)

• Linting should break your build when it fails!

• Broken builds should never be merged!

INTEGRATING STANDARDS INTO YOUR WORKFLOW

CODE CLIMATE

HOUND CI

CODECOV

Q&A

• Enterprise Node.js - Code Qualityhttps://www.crowdcast.io/e/enterprise-node-1

• Enterprise Node.js - Code Discoveryhttps://www.crowdcast.io/e/enterprise-node-2

• Enterprise Node.js - Securing Your Environmenthttps://www.crowdcast.io/e/enterprise-node-3

• Enterprise Node.js - Deploying with Dockerhttps://www.crowdcast.io/e/enterprise-node-4

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