1.5.0 - Performance Improvements & more!

What's Changed

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fix analysis breaking for anonymous classes by @floriankraemer in #44
  • Improved error handling for anonymous classes during AST parsing
  • Added comprehensive test coverage for anonymous class scenarios

🎨 User Experience Improvements

• Hide cognitive metric details in console output by @floriankraemer in #43
  • Added showDetailedCognitiveMetrics configuration option to control detailed metric display
  • Improved console output readability by making detailed metrics optional

⚡ Performance Enhancements

• Significantly increase analysis performance by @floriankraemer in #46
  • Introduced CombinedMetricsVisitor to process all metrics in a single AST traversal
  • Eliminated multiple AST parsing passes, reducing analysis time substantially
  • Optimized visitor pattern implementation across all metric collectors

🧪 Testing & Quality Assurance

• Add comprehensive approval tests for console output by @floriankraemer in #47

  • Implemented approval testing framework to detect unintended changes in console output
  • Added test fixtures for various configuration scenarios
  • Improved file collection and sorting consistency across platforms

• Add PHPBench performance benchmarking by @floriankraemer in #45

  • Integrated PHPBench for continuous performance monitoring
  • Added comprehensive benchmarks for different code complexity scenarios
  • Established baseline performance metrics for future optimization

🔧 Code Quality & Refactoring

• Refactor cognitive metrics handling and parser architecture
  • Simplified cyclomatic complexity instantiation and data handling
  • Enhanced type safety with improved type hints
  • Removed unused methods and improved code maintainability
  • Better separation of concerns in metrics collection

Full Changelog: 1.4.0...1.5.0

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Key Highlights

• Major performance improvement through single-pass AST traversal
• Enhanced configurability with new output display options
• Robust testing with approval tests and performance benchmarks
• Better error handling for edge cases like anonymous classes
• Improved code quality through refactoring and type safety enhancements

This release represents a significant step forward in both performance and reliability, making the tool more efficient and easier to configure for different use cases.