guardian / open-platform-site - Conditional Complexity

Intro

Conditional complexity (also called cyclomatic complexity) is a term used to measure the complexity of software. The term refers to the number of possible paths through a program function. A higher value ofter means higher maintenance and testing costs (infosecinstitute.com).
Conditional complexity is calculated by counting all conditions in the program that can affect the execution path (e.g. if statement, loops, switches, and/or operators, try and catch blocks...).
Conditional complexity is measured at the unit level (methods, functions...).
Units are classified in four categories based on the measured McCabe index: 1-5 (simple units), 6-10 (medium complex units), 11-25 (complex units), 26+ (very complex units).

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Conditional Complexity Overall

There are 56 units with 1,166 lines of code in units (41.1% of code).

1 very complex units (501 lines of code)
1 complex units (101 lines of code)
2 medium complex units (69 lines of code)
7 simple units (142 lines of code)
45 very simple units (353 lines of code)

Legend:

51+

26-50

11-25

6-10

1-5

Alternative Visuals

3D view of all units

Conditional Complexity per Extension

51+

26-50

11-25

6-10

1-5

Conditional Complexity per Logical Component

primary logical decomposition

51+

26-50

11-25

6-10

1-5

Most Complex Units

Top 50 most complex units

Unit	# lines	McCabe index	# params
(function(expose)() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	501	114	1
function convert_tree_to_html() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	101	29	3
blockquote: function blockquote() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	43	13	2
referenceDefn: function referenceDefn() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	26	11	2
function render_tree() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	18	10	1
function add() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	19	10	4
Markdown.renderJsonML = function() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	16	8	2
__oneElement__: function oneElement() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	21	8	3
function split_meta_hash() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	26	7	1
function merge_text_nodes() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	17	6	1
code: function code() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	25	6	2
$() in assets/js/smooth-scrolling.js	12	5	1
rawFile.onreadystatechange = function() in assets/js/API.js	8	4	0
var Markdown = function() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	19	4	1
Markdown.prototype.debug = function() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	8	4	0
Markdown.buildBlockOrder = function() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	9	4	1
DialectHelpers.inline_until_char = function() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	16	4	2
setextHeader: function setextHeader() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	10	4	2
horizRule: function horizRule() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	13	4	2
function paragraphify() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	13	4	3
function strong_em() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	24	4	2
var _split_on_unescaped = function() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	14	4	2
MarkdownHelpers.mk_block = function() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	11	3	3
Markdown.prototype.loop_re_over_block = function() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	9	3	3
Markdown.buildInlinePatterns = function() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	7	3	1
atxHeader: function atxHeader() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	10	3	2
function get_contained_blocks() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	15	3	2
function add() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	6	3	1
function updateContent() in assets/js/documentation.js	20	3	2
function count_lines() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	7	2	1
d.__call__ = function() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	6	2	2
function make_list() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	7	2	1
__call__: function inline() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	4	2	2
$() in assets/js/documentation.js	7	2	1
function convertDone() in assets/js/documentation.js	10	2	1
function MarkdownApi() in assets/js/API.js	2	1	0
this.read = function() in assets/js/API.js	6	1	2
this.convert = function() in assets/js/API.js	6	1	2
$() in assets/js/smooth-scrolling.js	2	1	1
function mk_block_toSource() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	9	1	0
function mk_block_inspect() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	10	1	0
Markdown.parse = function() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	4	1	2
function escapeHTML() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	7	1	1
DialectHelpers.subclassDialect = function() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	3	1	1
function Block() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	1	1	0
function Inline() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	1	1	0
function regex_for_depth() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	6	1	1
function expand_tab() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	3	1	1
para: function para() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	3	1	1
"": function() in assets/js/lib-markdown.js	1	1	0