How we detect
CAST Highlight counts the number of functions/methods found per file. Depending on thresholds based on benchmark analysis of reference applications, CAST Highlight will decrement the capital of points for the scanned file where the code insight occurs.
Why you should care
For maintainability and code readability purposes, it is a good practice to limit the number of functions/methods per file.
CAST recommendations
Reduce the number of methods/functions per file.
About CAST and Highlight’s Code Insights
Over the last 25 years, CAST has leveraged unique knowledge on software quality measurement by analyzing thousands of applications and billions of lines of code. Based on this experience and community standards on programming best practices, Highlight implements hundreds of code insights across 15+ technologies to calculate health factors of a software.