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Chapter 7, Help and Research

#66 Generate Statistics on Your C# Code

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Study the Report

After analyzing either a Visual Studio Project or Solution, devMetrics dis-

plays the resulting project report (see Figure 7-37). This report lists each C#

Project analyzed, along with the following metrics:

Files

The number of C# files in the project.

Types

The number of classes, interfaces, and structures in the project.

Members

The number of fields, properties, events, methods, and constructors.

Lines

The total number of lines of code in the project, including blank lines

and comments.

Statements

The total number of statements in the project.

Average and maximum code complexity

devMetrics uses the cyclomatic code complexity algorithm as defined

by the Software Engineering Institute (see http://www.sei.cmu.edu/str/

descriptions/cyclomatic_body.html). The complexity is a measure of

linearly independent paths through a program module and is calcu-

lated for each member that contains statements. The code complexity

measurement results in a numerical evaluation, with lower values

meaning less complex code. The maximum code complexity is the

highest complexity value for all members in the project; the average

code complexity is the average complexity of all members.

In addition to showing these metrics for each project, the project report also

displays a summary row.

As Figure 7-37 shows, the name of each project