Show HN: Cloud-based Static Code Analysis for Java

https://code-spotter.com/

by maratb • 12 years ago

27 15 12 years ago

code-spotter.com

froh42• 12 years ago

What is the benefit of this over findbugs, checkstyle, pmd, etc?

pjmlp• 12 years ago

I tried to search for information why this over Sonar and found nothing.

maratb5• 12 years ago

Sonar used to be just about running other open source tools, such as FindBugs, PMD, and Checkstyle. (BTW, Code Spotter runs FindBugs alongside Coverity analysis to complement the results). Sonar later added its own rule engine (Squid). More recently, I've come across SSLR - SonarSource Language Recognizer - which looks like a library for building custom coding rules.

Still, Coverity analyzer (which is what's behind Code Spotter) does deep interprocedural analysis and finds very different kinds of issues. I think the best way to see the difference is to try it out on a sample project.

thethrows• 12 years ago

Those tools you mention are typically not interprocedural analysis. They use information that is local to the method. The analysis at Coverity is interprocedural and hence much more sophisticated.

eloisant• 12 years ago

So you have to launch it locally? Can't it observe changes on a public git repository and run it after each commit?

maratb5• 12 years ago

You can run on a hosted continuous integration service, such as Travis CI. The documentation is a little thin right now, but we will add this to the docs soon.

pron4• 12 years ago

Why upload the code if you can git clone it?

pron4• 12 years ago

It's a little strange for a Coverity product to appear as a "Show HN".

maratb5• 12 years ago

Why? It is a new product (though based on the existing technology), a new model (cloud-based vs traditional Coverity on-premise), it is in free and unlimited beta, and we are soliciting feedback. Seems like a reasonable "Show HN", no?

xtrumanx• 12 years ago

I believe the reason he may have found it weird is that Show HN were once about weekend projects.

pron4• 12 years ago

Not saying it's wrong just that Show HNs aren't usually for products made by established companies.

dang• 12 years ago

It is indeed a reasonable Show HN.

https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html.

A new feature normally wouldn't qualify. A new product is fine, as long as people are able to try it out.

Show HN: Cloud-based Static Code Analysis for Java

Related Stories