Test Cycle Length
Posted by Mike Haller
on Wednesday, February 27. 2008
at 19:20
in Java
TddMeter gathers the average time it takes me to fix failed unit tests. I installed the plugin a few days ago. Currently, i'm working on a new project, mostly on documentation, prototyping and the core model - test driven of course 
I mention that, because working on an existing project or legacy code has a different amount of unit tests and the lifecycle is different. Working in the open countryside will have a faster test-cycle, while the documentation, analysis or prototyping phases are usually shaped by having no test cycles at all.
The TddMeter plugin shows the following stats for my last two days (since my last restart of Eclipse):
The time between a test failure and the implementation of a fixture is approx. 22 minutes.
Don't know if this is a high or low value, but it sounds okay.
Let me know your stats!
