how to rate a rails application

How to rate a Rails application

Elise Huard @elise_huardhttp://jabberwocky.eu

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Acquisition

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Maintenance

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Where to Start ?

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Try the app

Björn Söderqvist on Flickr

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Rails version

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plugins and gems

Photo Lex on Flickr

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Run Tests

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Lots of code

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config/routes.rb

match ‘/’, :to => ‘root#index’ match ‘root’, :to => ‘root#index’

namespace :admin do resources :grids do resources :nodes resources :edges do collection do post :all post :update_all end end resources :walkers endend resources :nodes, :only => [:show,:new,:create,:destroy] do put :directions, :on => :collectionend

resources :walkers, :only => [:show,:new,:create,:destroy] do get :select, :on => :collectionendresources :itineraries, :only => [:show]

map.four_oh_four '*path' , :controller => 'four_oh_fours'Sunday 30 May 2010

modelsrailroad -M | dot Tpng > models.png

rubymine ctrl-alt-D

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names

“There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things”

Phil Karlton

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Metrics:Know thine Tools

docman on flickr

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LOC

rake stats+----------------------+-------+-------+---------+---------+-----+-------+| Name | Lines | LOC | Classes | Methods | M/C | LOC/M |+----------------------+-------+-------+---------+---------+-----+-------+| Controllers | 2702 | 2150 | 36 | 158 | 4 | 11 || Helpers | 358 | 303 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 11 || Models | 1358 | 1104 | 30 | 117 | 3 | 7 || Libraries | 2286 | 1655 | 38 | 152 | 4 | 8 || Integration tests | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 || Functional tests | 1687 | 1322 | 31 | 195 | 6 | 4 || Unit tests | 1356 | 1079 | 27 | 158 | 5 | 4 |+----------------------+-------+-------+---------+---------+-----+-------+| Total | 9747 | 7613 | 162 | 802 | 4 | 7 |+----------------------+-------+-------+---------+---------+-----+-------+ Code LOC: 5212 Test LOC: 2401 Code to Test Ratio: 1:0.5

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RubyParser and Parsetree

Ryan Davis and Eric Hodel(‘Ruby Sadists’)

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RubyParser and Parsetree

Abstract syntax treeRubyParser.new.parse(File.read(‘metrics.rb’),‘metric.rb’)

class Metrics def probe puts "good" end end

s(:class,:Metrics, nil, s(:scope, s(:defn,:probe, s(:args), s(:scope, s(:block, s(:call, nil, :puts, s(:arglist, s(:str, "good"))))))))

Symbolic Expression (Sexp)

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RubyParser and Parsetree

Abstract syntax treeRubyParser.new.parse(File.read(‘metrics.rb’),‘metric.rb’)

class Metrics def probe puts "good" end end

s(:class,:Metrics, nil, s(:scope, s(:defn,:probe, s(:args), s(:scope, s(:block, s(:call, nil, :puts, s(:arglist, s(:str, "good"))))))))

Symbolic Expression (Sexp)

Ruby2Ruby

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RubyParser

Parsetree

pure ruby

ruby and inline c< 1.9

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cyclomatic complexity

size

code complexity code similarities

test coverage

antipatterns

rake stats

Flay

ReekRoodi

Flog

Saikuro

Heckle Rcov

Rails

R_B_P

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flog‘the pain your code

is in’

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FLOG

flog lib/flog.rb 647.8: flog total 13.8: flog/method average

87.5: Flog#output_details 58.8: Flog#process_iter 54.2: Flog#flog 48.8: Flog#parse_options 34.1: Flog#none 23.2: Flog#output_method_details 22.1: Flog#score_method 16.0: Flog#process_block_pass 15.6: Flog#report 15.2: Flog#expand_dirs_to_files 15.0: Flog#klass_name

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FLOG

Assignment Branch Condition (ABC) def score_method(tally) a, b, c = 0, 0, 0 tally.each do |cat, score| case cat when :assignment then a += score when :branch then b += score else c += score end end Math.sqrt(a*a + b*b + c*c) end

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FLOG

Weighing the AST with factors def process_if(exp) add_to_score :branch process exp.shift # cond penalize_by 0.1 do process exp.shift # true process exp.shift # false end s() end

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FLOG

MethodsVery good: < 20All Right: < 50

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FLAYcode similarities

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flay *.rb Total score (lower is better) = 621

1) IDENTICAL code found in :defn (mass*2 = 188) channel.rb:48 clip.rb:80

2) Similar code found in :defn (mass = 93) channel.rb:150 clip.rb:110 clip.rb:116

3) Similar code found in :defs (mass = 58) contact.rb:32 contact.rb:37

FLAY

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RubyParser def mass @mass ||= self.structure.flatten.size end

Hash of structure of nodes with mass > threshold self.hashes[node.structural_hash] << node

analyze: if same hash = similarif same node = identical

FLAY

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Saikuroサイクロ

cyclomatic complexity

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Saikuro

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Saikuro

ruby-lex

every keyword is interpreted into ‘state’

state used to calculateif, unless, while, until, for, elsif, when, rescue

(blocks)Recursively

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Saikuro

Good:methods < 5

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Roodi‘Ruby Object Oriented Design Inferometer’

nutmeg66 on flickr

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Roodi

app/controllers/itineraries_controller.rb:4 - Method name "show" cyclomatic complexity is 14. It should be 8 or less.app/models/itinerary.rb:41 - Block cyclomatic complexity is 6. It should be 4 or less.app/controllers/itineraries_controller.rb:4 - Method "show" has 30 lines. It should have 20 or less.app/helpers/application_helper.rb:27 - Method "clippy" has 26 lines. It should have 20 or less.

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Roodi

RubyParservisitor pattern visitor: checker (Configuration) visitable: parsed nodes= extensible

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Reek

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Reek

more OO-specific checksControl CoupleData ClumpFeature EnvyLarge ClassLong MethodLong Parameter ListSimulated PolymorphismUncommunicative Name

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Reek

UserSessionsController has no descriptive comment (Irresponsible Module) UserSessionsController#destroy calls current_user_session twice (Duplication)app/controllers/users_controller.rb -- 5 warnings: UsersController has no descriptive comment (Irresponsible Module) UsersController tests @aid_app at least 4 times (Simulated Polymorphism) UsersController#create calls params 3 times (Duplication) UsersController#create calls params[:user] 3 times (Duplication)...

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Reek

RubyParserextends parsed nodes

traverses nodesreturns code after Ruby2Ruby

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rails_best_practices

kamoda on Flickr

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./app/controllers/ws/vmg/aid_user_accounts_controller.rb:160 - move model logic into model (@aid_user_account called_count > 4)./app/controllers/ws/vmg/ipt_controller.rb:102 - move model logic into model (xml called_count > 4)./app/controllers/ws/vmg/ipt_controller.rb:102 - move model logic into model (pf called_count > 4)./config/routes.rb:3 - overuse route customizations (customize_count > 3)./config/routes.rb:35 - overuse route customizations (customize_count > 3)./app/models/vmg/scenario.rb:41 - keep finders on their own model

rails_best_practices

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rails_best_practices

Visitor patternvisitor : checking_visitorvisitable: visitable sexp

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Churn

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Churn

+-------------------------------------------------+---------------+| file_path | times_changed |+-------------------------------------------------+---------------+| db/schema.rb | 26 || config/routes.rb | 24 || app/controllers/application_controller.rb | 22 || app/controllers/add_apps_controller.rb | 22 || config/environment.rb | 20 || app/views/layouts/application.html.erb | 20 || app/models/ability.rb | 18 |...

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Churn

Not only classes but also methods(RubyParser)

Version control: git, Hg, svnLocates changes in source using logs

(as in git log)

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Churn

common sense ... mostly useful in maintenance phase

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Rcov

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Rcov

Total coverage: comments included

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Rcov

Executes testkeeps track of the executed linesUsing C extension when possible

to hook into MRI

(experimental for 1.9)

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Rcov

good: 100% coverage

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Heckle

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Heckle

ParseTree + Ruby2Rubymutate

time-consuming: combinatorialsmore for small programs (gems,

scripts)doesn’t work for ruby 1.9

(ParseTree)

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Heckle

Initial tests pass. Let's rumble.

************************************************************************* AidApp#property_names loaded with 4 possible mutations**********************************************************************

4 mutations remaining...Replacing AidApp#property_names with:

--- original+++ mutation def property_names- (meta_policy and meta_policy.property_names_for(:aid_app))+ (nil and meta_policy.property_names_for(:aid_app)) end

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cyclomatic complexity

size

code complexity code similarities

test coverage

antipatterns

rake stats

Flay

ReekRoodi

Flog

Saikuro

Heckle Rcov

RAILS_BEST_PRACTICES

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metric_fu

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OrbitalJoe on flickr

check out the good stuff

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what these metrics don’t tell you

Bugs

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what these metrics don’t tell you

code performanceRuby Profiling

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Reads like a book

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http://railroad.rubyforge.org/http://www.igvita.com/2008/12/11/ruby-ast-for-fun-and-profit/http://ruby.sadi.st/Ruby_Sadist.htmlhttp://goruco2008.confreaks.com/04_davis.htmlhttp://cwd.dhemery.com/2009/11/wmaat/http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AbcMetrichttp://hissa.nist.gov/HHRFdata/Artifacts/ITLdoc/235/title.htmhttp://blog.rubybestpractices.com/posts/judofyr/sexp-for-rubyists.html

Elise Huard @elise_huardelise@elisehuard.behttp://jabberwocky.euhttp://github.com/elisehuard

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