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My first blog entry and it’s just a quick one; I’ve been curious about exactly how the code metrics in Visual Studio Team System Development Edition are derived. Here’s an example:
Cyclomatic complexity, depth of inheritance, class coupling and lines of code are all understandable, which has called my attention to the Maintainability Index itself. Is the scale 0-100? How is it derived? What are the thresholds for green, yellow and red? Can I edit the thresholds?
Well, I found nearly all my answers here:
https://blogs.msdn.com/fxcop/archive/2007/11/20/maintainability-index-range-and-meaning.aspx
If you’re in a hurry the answers are:
- Yes,
- Maintainability Index = MAX(0,(171 - 5.2 * ln(Halstead Volume) - 0.23 * (Cyclomatic Complexity) - 16.2 * ln(Lines of Code))*100 / 171) (Just as you suspected, eh?)
- 100-20 for green, 19-10 for yellow and 9-0 for red,
- No (but I found that out from somewhere else).
Cheers
Giles