Structural Complexity

Structural Complexity

Structural Complexity relates to the complexity of the code in terms of size, control flow, the number of fields and methods (per class), etc.

It provides a way to judge how complex software is to test and maintain.

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Structural software complexity (5:33)

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Wikipedia pages on:

• Programming complexity Links to an external site.
• Cyclomatic complexity Links to an external site.

Home page of the "lizard" tool Links to an external site. to measure complexity in source code.

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• What kind of metric measurement tool is typically available on any command line?
• What kinds of features do you associate with complex code?
• What kinds of software metrics have you heard of or used before?