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<div id="hd"><h1><a href="./">JSCoverage</a><br><span class="tag">code coverage for JavaScript</span></h1></div> |
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<h3><a name="20100923">September 23, 2010 - JSCoverage 0.5.1</a></h3> |
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JSCoverage 0.5.1 is available for <a href="http://siliconforks.com/jscoverage/download.html">download</a>. |
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This release contains several bug fixes and improvements: |
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Probably the largest change is in the documentation: the manual no |
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longer recommends using <code>file:</code> URLs. |
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It is recommended that an HTTP server be used instead. |
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(See the <a href="manual.html">manual</a> for details.) |
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The JSCoverage user interface now displays a warning when used with |
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<code>file:</code> URLs. |
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The <code>--verbose</code> option to <code>jscoverage</code> now |
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produces better output. |
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Report loading is now faster (thanks to Klaus). |
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Some bugs involving augmented object prototypes were fixed. |
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JavaScript instrumentation was improved to work better in non-browser |
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environments. |
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Some cases where permission errors were occurring in inverted mode were |
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fixed (thanks to tn). |
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Previously, if <code>jscoverage-server</code> was started with the |
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option <code>--ip-address=<var>A</var></code>, where <var>A</var> was a |
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specific IP address, it was impossible to shut it down with |
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<code>jscoverage-server --shutdown</code>. |
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This should be possible now by running |
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<code>jscoverage-server --shutdown --ip-address=<var>A</var></code> |
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from the same machine. |
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The test suite has been made more robust. |
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<h3><a name="20100426">April 26, 2010 - New blog</a></h3> |
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If you would like to see some case studies showing how to use JSCoverage in practice, take a look at the new <a href="http://blog.siliconforks.com/">blog</a>. |
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This week there will be a series of articles about using JSCoverage with various JavaScript testing frameworks. |
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The <a href="http://blog.siliconforks.com/2010/04/26/jscoverage-scriptaculous/">first article</a> looks at using JSCoverage with the <a href="http://script.aculo.us">script.aculo.us</a> test suite. |
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<h3><a name="20100424">April 24, 2010 - JSCoverage 0.5</a></h3> |
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JSCoverage 0.5 is available for <a href="http://siliconforks.com/jscoverage/download.html">download</a>. |
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This release contains a number of new features and bug fixes: |
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A new mode of operation, called "window mode", allows you to run code in a new browser window (or tab). |
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Code coverage statistics can now be generated for applications based on |
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the Mozilla platform using the <code>--mozilla</code> option (thanks to |
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Murali Nandigama for help creating this). |
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The method used to calculate overall percentage code coverage for all |
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files has changed. Previously, the calculation was done using an |
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unweighted average: each file's percentage code coverage contributed |
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equally to the total, regardless of the number of lines of code in the |
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file. Now, the calculation is done using a weighted average. This |
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fixes |
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<a href="http://siliconforks.com/jscoverage/bugs/6">bug #6</a> (thanks to |
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Liu Cougar). |
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Contiguous lines in the "Missing" column are now grouped together (thanks to |
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Liu Cougar). |
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The "Source" tab is no longer empty when code being tested throws an |
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uncaught exception |
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(fixing <a href="http://siliconforks.com/jscoverage/bugs/5">bug #5</a>) |
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Previously, certain uses of the <code>new</code> operator were |
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instrumented incorrectly; this has now been fixed |
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(thanks to Guillaume Lung). |
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The <code>jscoverage-server</code> program now allows more characters in |
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URLs (thanks to Guillaume Lung). |
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The <code>jscoverage-server</code> program now handles HTTP headers with |
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empty values (thanks to Velo). |
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The <code>jscoverage</code> program now refuses to instrument code which |
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has already been instrumented (thanks to Velo). |
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URLs containing spaces now work correctly (thanks to Igor Papkov). |
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Previously, on Windows, the <code>jscoverage</code> program |
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was unable to instrument a directory in a drive root; this has now been |
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fixed. |
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Encoded URLs are now handled better in the query string. |
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A limitation of 65,535 lines per file and 65,535 characters per line has |
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been removed. |
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Floating-point numbers are now handled with improved precision. |
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The <code>jscoverage-server</code> program can no longer bind to the same port multiple times on Windows. |
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Some bugs in <code>jscoverage-server</code>'s handling of the "chunked" |
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Transfer-Encoding have been fixed. |
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Compilation under Cygwin now uses the <code>-mno-cygwin</code> flag. |
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The wire format used for submitting coverage reports for storage by |
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<code>jscoverage-server</code> has changed. (This change will not have |
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any visible effects for most users; it will only be of interest to those |
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who have written code which parses that format.) |
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<h3><a name="20081211">December 11, 2008 - JSCoverage 0.4</a></h3> |
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JSCoverage 0.4 is available for <a href="http://siliconforks.com/jscoverage/download.html">download</a>. |
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This release includes many new features: |
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The new <code>jscoverage-server</code> program is provided as an |
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alternative to the <code>jscoverage</code> program. The |
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<code>jscoverage-server</code> program is a simple HTTP server which |
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instruments JavaScript code as it is served; this allows you to execute |
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JavaScript and gather code coverage statistics without a preliminary |
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step of creating instrumented code. The <code>jscoverage-server</code> |
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program can either serve files directly from the filesystem or run as a |
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proxy server (with the <code>--proxy</code> option), instrumenting |
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JavaScript provided by another web server. |
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Using <code>jscoverage-server</code>, coverage reports can now be stored |
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to the filesystem. |
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JSCoverage now recognizes special JavaScript comments which specify that |
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certain lines of code should be ignored in coverage reports. |
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The new <code>--encoding</code> option provides better support for |
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different character encodings. |
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The JSCoverage user interface is now faster and more responsive. |
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The new <code>--no-highlight</code> option can be used to disable syntax |
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highlighting (giving better performance for large JavaScript files). |
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The build system has been modified so that <code>make install</code> |
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only installs the <code>jscoverage</code> and |
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<code>jscoverage-server</code> executables and their manual pages. |
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(Previous versions installed SpiderMonkey library and executable files, |
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which could conflict with other versions of SpiderMonkey installed on |
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your system.) |
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JSCoverage now supports several features beyond those found in the |
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<cite>ECMAScript Language Specification</cite>, including the following: |
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<li>getters and setters |
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<li><code>for each</code> loops |
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<li>generators and iterators |
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<li>the <code>let</code> keyword |
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<li>destructuring assignment |
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<li>array comprehensions |
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<li>expression closures |
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<li>generator expressions |
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Use the new <code>--js-version</code> option to enable these features. |
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The GCC C++ compiler (<code>g++</code>) is now required to compile |
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JSCoverage. (Previously, only the C compiler was needed.) |
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Please report any bugs you find using the new <a href="http://siliconforks.com/jscoverage/bugs/">bug tracker</a>. |
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<h3><a name="20080331">March 31, 2008 - JSCoverage and Firefox 3</a></h3> |
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The <a href="faq.html">JSCoverage FAQ</a> has been updated to address problems using JSCoverage with Firefox 3. |
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<h3><a name="20080324">March 24, 2008 - JSCoverage in Debian GNU/Linux</a></h3> |
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JSCoverage is now <a href="http://packages.debian.org/sid/jscoverage">available</a> in the Debian unstable distribution. |
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<h3><a name="20071122">November 22, 2007 - JSCoverage 0.3.1</a></h3> |
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JSCoverage 0.3.1 is available for <a href="http://siliconforks.com/jscoverage/download.html">download</a>. |
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This release has a number of bug fixes: |
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It should now be possible to run the native Windows version of <code>jscoverage</code> |
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with minimal privileges. |
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All files used by JSCoverage now use a <code>jscoverage</code> |
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prefix to avoid name collisions. |
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Compilation bugs which occurred under some versions of MSYS have been fixed. |
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Various documentation improvements. |
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<h3><a name="20070826">August 26, 2007 - JSCoverage 0.3</a></h3> |
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JSCoverage 0.3 is available for <a href="http://siliconforks.com/jscoverage/download.html">download</a>. |
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This release has the following new features: |
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The coverage summary now displays bar graphs (thanks to Ross Simpson). |
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A progress bar is displayed for lengthy computations. |
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JavaScript syntax highlighting has improved. |
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The display of missed statements can be turned on and off. |
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New "inverted mode" provides better support for working with <a href="http://www.jsunit.net/">JsUnit</a>. |
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<h3><a name="20070823">August 23, 2007 - JSCoverage in Linux Format magazine</a></h3> |
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JSCoverage is in the October 2007 issue of Linux Format magazine |
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(<a href="http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.php?op=modload&name=NewArchives&issue=97">table of contents</a>). |
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<h3><a name="20070731">July 31, 2007 - Subversion repository now available</a></h3> |
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See the <a href="http://siliconforks.com/jscoverage/download.html">download page</a> for instructions on accessing the Subversion repository. |
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<h3><a name="20070708">July 8, 2007 - JSCoverage 0.2</a></h3> |
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JSCoverage 0.2 is available for <a href="http://siliconforks.com/jscoverage/download.html">download</a>. |
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JSCoverage 0.2 features a new tabbed user interface. |
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<h3><a name="20070701">July 1, 2007 - JSCoverage 0.1.1</a></h3> |
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JSCoverage 0.1.1 is available for <a href="http://siliconforks.com/jscoverage/download.html">download</a>. |
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JSCoverage 0.1.1 fixes a bug that can cause large JavaScript files to be truncated when viewed with Opera. |
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<h3><a name="20070615">June 15, 2007 - documentation of JSCoverage internals</a></h3> |
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A new document, |
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<a href="http://siliconforks.com/doc/parsing-javascript-with-spidermonkey/">Parsing JavaScript with SpiderMonkey</a>, |
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describes the technique used by JSCoverage to parse JavaScript programs. |
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<h3><a name="20070530">May 30, 2007 - new examples</a></h3> |
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Added some <a href="demo.html">examples</a> of running JSCoverage on popular JavaScript libraries. |
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<h3><a name="20070526">May 26, 2007 - JSCoverage 0.1</a></h3> |
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JSCoverage 0.1 is available for <a href="http://siliconforks.com/jscoverage/download.html">download</a>. |
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