The C.R.A.P. (Change Risk Analysis and Predictions) index is designed to analyze and predict the amount of effort, pain, and time required to maintain an existing body of code.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It iterates over the old bits of wisdom – write simpler code and cover it with unit tests – but it does so in a very simple and measurable way.<\/p>\n
\u2026software metrics, in general, are just tools. No single metric can tell the whole story; it\u2019s just one more data point. Metrics are meant to be used by developers, not the other way around \u2013 the metric should work for you, you should not have to work for the metric. Metrics should never be an end unto themselves. Metrics are meant to help you think, not to do the thinking for you. ~Alberto Savoia<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
Levi Hackwith has an excellent post explaining “How to Read and Improve the C.R.A.P Index of your code“: The C.R.A.P. (Change Risk Analysis and Predictions) index is designed to analyze and predict the amount of effort, pain, and time required to maintain an existing body of code. 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