Phase 12 · Testing
TopicsTest Coverage
Part of the Backend Developer Roadmap.
Summary
A metric showing what percentage of your code is executed by your test suite — useful for finding untested areas, but a poor standalone measure of test quality.
How to Learn This
- 1Run a coverage report on a project and identify the least-tested files.
- 2Add tests for one genuinely important untested code path, not just to raise the percentage.
- 3Learn why 100% coverage doesn't guarantee your tests actually catch bugs.
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