Cognitive Complexity

Cognitive Complexity is a measure of how difficult a unit of code is to intuitively understand. Unlike Cyclomatic Complexity, which determines how difficult your code will be to test, Cognitive Complexity tells you how difficult your code will be to read and comprehend.

A method's cognitive complexity is based on a few simple rules:

• Code is not considered more complex when it uses shorthand that the language provides for collapsing multiple statements into one
• Code is considered more complex for each "break in the linear flow of the code"
• Code is considered more complex when "flow breaking structures are nested"

Further reading

• Cognitive Complexity docs
• Cognitive Complexity: A new way of measuring understandability

title: max-statements ruletype: suggestion relatedrules: - complexity - max-depth - max-len - max-lines - max-lines-per-function - max-nested-callbacks

- max-params

The max-statements rule allows you to specify the maximum number of statements allowed in a function.

function foo() {
  var bar = 1; // one statement
  var baz = 2; // two statements
  var qux = 3; // three statements
}

Rule Details

This rule enforces a maximum number of statements allowed in function blocks.

Options

This rule has a number or object option:

• "max" (default 10) enforces a maximum number of statements allows in function blocks

Deprecated: The object property maximum is deprecated; please use the object property max instead.

This rule has an object option:

• "ignoreTopLevelFunctions": true ignores top-level functions

max

Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the default { "max": 10 } option:

::: incorrect

/*eslint max-statements: ["error", 10]*/
/*eslint-env es6*/

function foo() {
  var foo1 = 1;
  var foo2 = 2;
  var foo3 = 3;
  var foo4 = 4;
  var foo5 = 5;
  var foo6 = 6;
  var foo7 = 7;
  var foo8 = 8;
  var foo9 = 9;
  var foo10 = 10;

  var foo11 = 11; // Too many.
}

let foo = () => {
  var foo1 = 1;
  var foo2 = 2;
  var foo3 = 3;
  var foo4 = 4;
  var foo5 = 5;
  var foo6 = 6;
  var foo7 = 7;
  var foo8 = 8;
  var foo9 = 9;
  var foo10 = 10;

  var foo11 = 11; // Too many.
};

:::

Examples of correct code for this rule with the default { "max": 10 } option:

::: correct

/*eslint max-statements: ["error", 10]*/
/*eslint-env es6*/

function foo() {
  var foo1 = 1;
  var foo2 = 2;
  var foo3 = 3;
  var foo4 = 4;
  var foo5 = 5;
  var foo6 = 6;
  var foo7 = 7;
  var foo8 = 8;
  var foo9 = 9;
  var foo10 = 10;
  return function () {

    // The number of statements in the inner function does not count toward the
    // statement maximum.

    return 42;
  };
}

let foo = () => {
  var foo1 = 1;
  var foo2 = 2;
  var foo3 = 3;
  var foo4 = 4;
  var foo5 = 5;
  var foo6 = 6;
  var foo7 = 7;
  var foo8 = 8;
  var foo9 = 9;
  var foo10 = 10;
  return function () {

    // The number of statements in the inner function does not count toward the
    // statement maximum.

    return 42;
  };
}

:::

Note that this rule does not apply to class static blocks, and that statements in class static blocks do not count as statements in the enclosing function.

Examples of correct code for this rule with { "max": 2 } option:

::: correct

/*eslint max-statements: ["error", 2]*/

function foo() {
    let one;
    let two = class {
        static {
            let three;
            let four;
            let five;
            if (six) {
                let seven;
                let eight;
                let nine;
            }
        }
    };
}

:::

ignoreTopLevelFunctions

Examples of additional correct code for this rule with the { "max": 10 }, { "ignoreTopLevelFunctions": true } options:

::: correct

/*eslint max-statements: ["error", 10, { "ignoreTopLevelFunctions": true }]*/

function foo() {
  var foo1 = 1;
  var foo2 = 2;
  var foo3 = 3;
  var foo4 = 4;
  var foo5 = 5;
  var foo6 = 6;
  var foo7 = 7;
  var foo8 = 8;
  var foo9 = 9;
  var foo10 = 10;
  var foo11 = 11;
}

::: Source: http://eslint.org/docs/rules/

title: max-lines ruletype: suggestion relatedrules: - complexity - max-depth - max-lines-per-function - max-nested-callbacks - max-params - max-statements further_reading:

- https://web.archive.org/web/20160725154648/http://www.mind2b.com/component/content/article/24-software-module-size-and-file-size

Some people consider large files a code smell. Large files tend to do a lot of things and can make it hard following what's going. While there is not an objective maximum number of lines considered acceptable in a file, most people would agree it should not be in the thousands. Recommendations usually range from 100 to 500 lines.

Rule Details

This rule enforces a maximum number of lines per file, in order to aid in maintainability and reduce complexity.

Please note that most editors show an additional empty line at the end if the file ends with a line break. This rule does not count that extra line.

Options

This rule has a number or object option:

• "max" (default 300) enforces a maximum number of lines in a file

• "skipBlankLines": true ignore lines made up purely of whitespace.

• "skipComments": true ignore lines containing just comments

max

Examples of incorrect code for this rule with a max value of 2:

::: incorrect

/*eslint max-lines: ["error", 2]*/
var a,
    b,
    c;

:::

::: incorrect

/*eslint max-lines: ["error", 2]*/

var a,
    b,c;

:::

::: incorrect

/*eslint max-lines: ["error", 2]*/
// a comment
var a,
    b,c;

:::

Examples of correct code for this rule with a max value of 2:

::: correct

/*eslint max-lines: ["error", 2]*/
var a,
    b, c;

:::

::: correct

/*eslint max-lines: ["error", 2]*/

var a, b, c;

:::

::: correct

/*eslint max-lines: ["error", 2]*/
// a comment
var a, b, c;

:::

skipBlankLines

Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the { "skipBlankLines": true } option:

::: incorrect

/*eslint max-lines: ["error", {"max": 2, "skipBlankLines": true}]*/

var a,
    b,
    c;

:::

Examples of correct code for this rule with the { "skipBlankLines": true } option:

::: correct

/*eslint max-lines: ["error", {"max": 2, "skipBlankLines": true}]*/

var a,
    b, c;

:::

skipComments

Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the { "skipComments": true } option:

::: incorrect

/*eslint max-lines: ["error", {"max": 2, "skipComments": true}]*/
// a comment
var a,
    b,
    c;

:::

Examples of correct code for this rule with the { "skipComments": true } option:

::: correct

/*eslint max-lines: ["error", {"max": 2, "skipComments": true}]*/
// a comment
var a,
    b, c;

:::

When Not To Use It

You can turn this rule off if you are not concerned with the number of lines in your files.

Compatibility

• JSCS: maximumNumberOfLines Source: http://eslint.org/docs/rules/

title: max-statements ruletype: suggestion relatedrules: - complexity - max-depth - max-len - max-lines - max-lines-per-function - max-nested-callbacks

- max-params

The max-statements rule allows you to specify the maximum number of statements allowed in a function.

function foo() {
  var bar = 1; // one statement
  var baz = 2; // two statements
  var qux = 3; // three statements
}

Rule Details

This rule enforces a maximum number of statements allowed in function blocks.

Options

This rule has a number or object option:

• "max" (default 10) enforces a maximum number of statements allows in function blocks

Deprecated: The object property maximum is deprecated; please use the object property max instead.

This rule has an object option:

• "ignoreTopLevelFunctions": true ignores top-level functions

max

Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the default { "max": 10 } option:

::: incorrect

/*eslint max-statements: ["error", 10]*/
/*eslint-env es6*/

function foo() {
  var foo1 = 1;
  var foo2 = 2;
  var foo3 = 3;
  var foo4 = 4;
  var foo5 = 5;
  var foo6 = 6;
  var foo7 = 7;
  var foo8 = 8;
  var foo9 = 9;
  var foo10 = 10;

  var foo11 = 11; // Too many.
}

let foo = () => {
  var foo1 = 1;
  var foo2 = 2;
  var foo3 = 3;
  var foo4 = 4;
  var foo5 = 5;
  var foo6 = 6;
  var foo7 = 7;
  var foo8 = 8;
  var foo9 = 9;
  var foo10 = 10;

  var foo11 = 11; // Too many.
};

:::

Examples of correct code for this rule with the default { "max": 10 } option:

::: correct

/*eslint max-statements: ["error", 10]*/
/*eslint-env es6*/

function foo() {
  var foo1 = 1;
  var foo2 = 2;
  var foo3 = 3;
  var foo4 = 4;
  var foo5 = 5;
  var foo6 = 6;
  var foo7 = 7;
  var foo8 = 8;
  var foo9 = 9;
  var foo10 = 10;
  return function () {

    // The number of statements in the inner function does not count toward the
    // statement maximum.

    return 42;
  };
}

let foo = () => {
  var foo1 = 1;
  var foo2 = 2;
  var foo3 = 3;
  var foo4 = 4;
  var foo5 = 5;
  var foo6 = 6;
  var foo7 = 7;
  var foo8 = 8;
  var foo9 = 9;
  var foo10 = 10;
  return function () {

    // The number of statements in the inner function does not count toward the
    // statement maximum.

    return 42;
  };
}

:::

Note that this rule does not apply to class static blocks, and that statements in class static blocks do not count as statements in the enclosing function.

Examples of correct code for this rule with { "max": 2 } option:

::: correct

/*eslint max-statements: ["error", 2]*/

function foo() {
    let one;
    let two = class {
        static {
            let three;
            let four;
            let five;
            if (six) {
                let seven;
                let eight;
                let nine;
            }
        }
    };
}

:::

ignoreTopLevelFunctions

Examples of additional correct code for this rule with the { "max": 10 }, { "ignoreTopLevelFunctions": true } options:

::: correct

/*eslint max-statements: ["error", 10, { "ignoreTopLevelFunctions": true }]*/

function foo() {
  var foo1 = 1;
  var foo2 = 2;
  var foo3 = 3;
  var foo4 = 4;
  var foo5 = 5;
  var foo6 = 6;
  var foo7 = 7;
  var foo8 = 8;
  var foo9 = 9;
  var foo10 = 10;
  var foo11 = 11;
}

::: Source: http://eslint.org/docs/rules/

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