Chapter 10

1. Code metrics are several source code measurements that enable us to identify how complex our software is, and how maintainable it is. Such measurements enable us to identify areas of code that can be made less complex and more maintainable through refactoring.
2. Cyclomatic complexity, maintainability index, depth of inheritance, class coupling, lines of source code, and lines of executable code.
3. Code analysis is the static analysis of source code with the intention of identifying design flaws, issues with globalization, security problems, issues with performance, and interoperability problems.
4. Quick actions are single commands identified by a screwdriver or lightbulb that will suppress warnings, add using statements, import missing libraries and add the using statements, correct errors, and implement language usage improvements aimed at simplifying code and reducing the number of lines in a method.
5. JetBrains’ dotTrace utility is a profiling tool...