Books

If you are using a code coverage tool like EclEmma you're either forced by your managers to do so – or you have some substantial interest in software quality. In the latter case the following recent books might help you to improve your skills in producing high quality systems:

Java Power Tools by John Ferguson Smart (2008)

Describes many powerful tools not only for Java developers and is – as far as I know – the first printed book that talks about EclEmma for code coverage.

This book at: Amazon.com Amazon.de

Clean Code by Robert C. Martin (2009)

A clean code base is the foundation of a reliable and maintainable software system. Robert C. Martin provides pragmatic guidelines to produce clean code and gives heuristics to detect flaws in a existing projects.

This book at: Amazon.com Amazon.de

Clean Code Effective Java by Joshua Bloch (2nd edition, 2008)

A comprehensive collection of best practices for using the Java language and its APIs. Especially experiences programmers will get valuable hints from each of the 78 short chapters.

This book at: Amazon.com Amazon.de

Web Resources

Articles About Code Coverage

Wikipedia: "Code coverage" - Starting point with a long list of references and tools.

Steve Cornett: "Code Coverage Analysis" - A comprehensive description of different coverage measures.

Tony Obermeit: "Code Coverage Lessons" - Read why Tony recommends 100% code coverage for your test suites.

Andrew Glover: "Don't be fooled by the coverage report" - This article shows some risks when misusing coverage reports in projects.

Other Java Code Coverage Tools for Eclipse

Cenqua: Clover - A powerful commercial coverage plug-in.

Coverlipse - Coverage plug-in available under CPL.

Tool Reviews

Java Code Coverage Tools Evaluation by Lance Finney, 2004/09/17

Presentation: Emma and Cobertura by Daniel Shaefer, 2007/02/19

Directories for Eclipse Plug-ins and Java Tools

EclEmma is listed in the following directories along with many other useful tools and Eclipse plug-ins. The first two sites allow you to tell others your opinion about EclEmma.

Eclipse Plugin Central - Comprehensive Eclipse plug-in directory operated by the Eclipse Foundation.

Eclipse-Plugins.info - Another Eclipse plug-in directory.

Opensourcetesting.org - Impressive collection of open source testing tools.

JavaToolbox.com - Directory by Fabrice Marguerie listing tools, libraries and plug-ins for Java/J2EE development.