The distribution of complexity of units (measured with McCabe index).
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).
Conditional Complexity Overall
- There are 6,633 units with 116,868 lines of code in units (12.1% of code).
- 70 very complex units (22,658 lines of code)
- 152 complex units (15,707 lines of code)
- 563 medium complex units (26,279 lines of code)
- 687 simple units (16,650 lines of code)
- 5,161 very simple units (35,574 lines of code)
Legend:
51+
26-50
11-25
6-10
1-5
Alternative Visuals
Conditional Complexity per Extension
51+
26-50
11-25
6-10
1-5
Conditional Complexity per Logical Component
primary logical decomposition
Most Complex Units
Top 20 most complex units
