Software Engineering

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LOC, Function Point, and Object-oriented Metrics

CHAPTER COVERAGE

1.  Introduction

2.  Lines of Code

3.  Function Point Count (FP Estimation)

4.  Extended Function Point Metrics

5.  Object-oriented Metrics

6.  Demarco’s System Bang

10.1  INTRODUCTION

The metrics and measures used in software domain are quite different from that in traditional industries. The ways how the bigness or complexity of a software system is depicted are quite different from how it is done in other industries like civil or manufacturing etc. In this chapter, we will discuss the various measurement and metrics in the software along with a special focus on the object oriented metrics.

10.2  LINES OF CODE

Lines of code (LOC) specifically include all lines containing ...